The Chief Electoral Officer

Punjab

Chandigarh

Sub: Allowing  Mudslinging & Character Assassination in Election Campaigns

Madam,

It is my suggestion that the Election Commission should not take notice if the rival candidates stoop to mudslinging and even character assassination to some extent. It has the following advantages

1.       It helps the voter to make up their mind in choosing the candidate who is less corrupt than others. Sometimes choice becomes difficult when two rival           candidates are looters of the same level.

2.       When candidates dig each other’s scandals it provides entertainment to the public and they get involved in the democratic process with greater interest.

3.       It gives color to the otherwise dry elections.

4.       It is only election days when those misdeeds and secret properties of the candidates surface naturally before public which otherwise are hard to dig out even by CBI and intelligence bureau.

5.       Media should in fact offer subsidized rates to those ads in which lampooning of the candidates are done by their rival candidates and parties.

6.       Cartoons and parodies featuring kaka ji, maharaja or dissidents running from party to party should be in fact encouraged. It evokes creativity of the artists, writers and singers.

This is just my suggestion as a social satirist but as far as my responsibility as a brand icon is concerned I appeal to all valid voters to cast their votes judiciously without any fear and greed.

Jaspal Bhatti

Chief Minister appreciated the concept of the film which conveys the perfect message of environment protection in a sentimental manner. He commended Jaspal Singh Bhatti for producing the film, which although very short, was capable of forcing people to think of planting more trees and protecting the environment for the sustenance of all the living beings. He said that the idea of having no audible dialogue had made the film conveying to the people by crossing all barriers of written and spoken communications. He said that the film leaves a lasting impact on the viewers and make them think of protecting the environment.

The animation film highlights the problem of vanishing green cover of Earth in a most impressive manner. The film is set in the picturesque landscape of district Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh with local costumes and ambience of the area. The film had been directed by Jasraj Singh Bhatti, Jaspal Bhatti’s son.

Jaspal Bhatti said that the setting of the film was based on the picturesque locations in district Kinnaur and local ambience and costume had also been used befittingly. He said that the film had been adjudged the Best Short Film in Los Angeles, USA, and also nominated for CMS Vatavaran India’s foremost Environmental Festival. He said that the film carried a simple message conveyed effectively without entering into too many complexities and confusing analysis. He said that the film had been a project of students who had worked hard to give final shape to their ideas.

SAB TV Business Head Anooj Kapoor inaugurated the unique project of the Jaspal Bhatti’s National Foundation Stone Factory in Industrial area, Mohali here by unveiling its foundation stone. The factory will cater to the ever growing demand of foundation stones in this region and rest of India, Bhatti said while speaking on the occasion. He said as the Assembly elections in Punjab, UP, Gujarat and some other states were round the corner, Chief Ministers and ministers were laying foundation stones every day. Sometimes ministers forget they have already laid the foundation stone for a bridge and they redo it. Sometimes the foundation stones get lost in grass and bushes when remain unattended for years, Bhatti added.

Mr Anooj Kapoor said, We decided to associate with Jaspal Bhatti s Nonsense club s activity as they are doing this political satire as a tribute to RK Laxman. Also, Jaspal Bhatti has a light hearted take on a lot of social themes and so does SAB TV. Bhatti, who also started off as a cartoonist and became an ace satirist of TV, admitted that his greatest inspiration had always been RK Laxman. He said Laxman had drawn many cartoons on foundation stones and when he noticed the Chief Ministers splashing on foundation stone laying ceremonies he came up with idea of this novel money spinning industry.

On this occasion, Bhatti and his team also performed on a parody song Aap ne yaad dilaya to mujeh yaad aya, key eh neev pathar mere hathon ne hi tha lagaya . Brijesh Ahuja sang the song and students of Mad Arts Film School in the attire of construction workers danced around the foundation stone.

WATCH LIVE GRAND FINALE OF “LAUGHTER DA MASTER” ON 13TH NOV.,2011 FROM KHALSA COLLGE, AMRITSAR ONLY AT PTC PUNJABI.

The film has been selected as one of the 40 films from amongst the 100 entries from across the world.

The film has already bagged the award of merit in animation at the California based, Best Shorts competition and has also been nominated at the CMS Vatavaran and Chitrakatha II, animation festival of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

Even the double rejection from the country’s top film schools plays a role in his success. “Had I not been rejected, I would’ve never learnt the real method of making films. I returned to India to make films in a new frame and I wanted my writing to resonate with the Indian audience,” says Verma, who has been inspired by Jaspal Bhatti and Woody Allen films.

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Kusumjit Sidhu, chief electoral officer, Punjab said, “Jaspal Bhatti is a national figure from Chandigarh, who has done excellent work in the field of humour and satire. Exposing rampant corruption and dissecting social evils have been central to Bhatti’s humour. The choice of brand icon is dictated by various factors including mass appeal, identification with the masses, a clean image and non-political affiliations.” 

As brand icon, he will feature in the advertisements of ECI in print and visual media till the conclusion assembly elections in the state.

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Mad Arts, Jaspal Bhatti Film school completed its 4 years on 16th July 2011.

When Mad Arts was actually officially inaugurated 4 years back – It was started with a very clear motive to train the talent of this region so that we have a nice talented pool of students for our production house ‘Jaspal Bhatti Productions’ as well as provide a them a bridge to Bollywood ( The Indian Film Industry, Mumbai).

In the span of 4 years our students have done us proud -

- Our Animation Films have won National and International Awards ( Nanhi Chidiya and Bunty’s Tree)

- Acting students have worked in Music Videos, TV Sitcoms, and Feature Films ( Malkit Singh’s Music Video, Davinder Singh in an upcoming Hindi Feature Film)

- Our technical students have made English feature films, become Chief Assistant Directors, are Camerman for the Top News Channels. ( Manhar Narang – Chief Ad for a feature    Film, Chukuwama- our international student has made film all set for release in Nigeria)

- We are perhaps the first film school in the country who have produced TV Serial for National Television ( Thank You Jija Ji)

We in the upcoming years shall better what we have done before, but we shall make one thing clear to all the students that it is not possible to guarantee you placements or jobs, but we sure can guarantee you the best environment / platform for you succeed. All the best.