ISLAMABAD, May 29 (Online): Actor Gulshan Devaiah reveals what pushed him to speak up against Nawazuddin Siddiqui\u2019s statement on depression
\nActor Gulshan Devaiah doesn\u2019t want to sound like a critic or call out Nawazuddin Siddiqui\u2019s remarks around depression, dubbing it an urban concept. But, he can\u2019t stop feeling amazed by his views. In fact, the Dahaad actor feels the statement has generalised the whole issue of mental health, which is not right.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview, Siddiqui said that rural India doesn\u2019t suffer from mental illnesses: \u201cNo one gets depression in villages, everyone is happy there. But I learnt about anxiety, depression, bipolar after coming to the city.\u201d To this, Devaiah tweeted that although he has immense respect for Nawazuddin because of \u201chis craft\u201d, he could not possibly take his recent statement about mental health seriously. Now, in an interview with us, he explains what made him react that way.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy intention was not to critique Nawaz bhai\u2019s views, also because it is a very popular view. A lot of people have this thought to some extent. They believe people living in an urban setup and the pressures they encounter are very different from the pressures that somebody living in a rural setup might experience,\u201d Devaiah continues, \u201cSo, it is possible that people are more susceptible to mental health in urban areas because biologically we\u2019re not evolved to keep up with technology, and our lives revolve around that.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the 44-year-old says he does notice a point Siddiqui is trying to make, he adds, \u201cBut at the same time, we can\u2019t discount the fact and generalise mental health. It is a problem. I\u2019m no expert on the issue, neither can I diagnose. What I can certainly do is talk and have a conversation about it, and urge more people to come forward and talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Badhaai Do (2022) actor further emphasises that calling mental health an urban problem and stating that it doesn\u2019t exist in rural areas is generalising the whole issue and rather a scary viewpoint because many people feel this subject is already over hyped.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conversation should be something else only. I am not taking a dig at Nawaz\u2019s views, but just saying that we should not have our blinders on while talking about an issue. Instead, we need to talk about it to simplify the concept so that people can understand it,\u201d he ends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD, May 29 (Online): Actor Gulshan Devaiah reveals what pushed him to speak up against Nawazuddin Siddiqui\u2019s statement on depression Actor Gulshan Devaiah doesn\u2019t want to sound like a critic or call out Nawazuddin Siddiqui\u2019s remarks around depression, dubbing it an urban concept. But, he […]<\/p>\n
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