What is the relationship between Hollywood & Bhagavad Gita?

Sekar Chandra
Before the war of Mahabharata Lord krishna had created awareness about the duty of life through Gita. It is a special fact that the sentence ``Take action with disgust, without seeking reward'' was presented in this film before the US-Iraq war. There are many great men in the West who have accepted indian visions. He studies indian philosophies like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita in depth. They come to india in search of their realization. Now, hollywood and Bhagavad Gita are now connected. It is indeed significant that the mention of Lord krishna and vishnu in a hollywood film is a reference to the message of the Bhagavad Gita. A clip of hollywood actor Vin Diesel's 'Billy Lin's Long Half Time Walk' is now going viral on the internet. Diesel's words of advice to Joey Alvin, who plays 19-year-old Private Billy Lynn, are significant in this set setting of the film. In it he quotes verses from the Bhagavad Gita. “Do your work with disgust, whatever you do, let it be full of disgust. And he says, Surrender all actions to Me. Not only that, he continues, “Lord krishna speaks this sentence to Arjuna, who was a warrior. Alvin asks about krishna when he says, ``This is how arjuna preached when he was afraid the night before the great war Mahabharata.'' Then the actor diesel explains that through his character “Krishna is an avatar of Lord Vishnu.


Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Director of Life of Pi) has adapted the best-selling novel "Billy Lin's Long Half Time Walk" into action for the screen. Joey Alvin plays the role of 19-year-old Billy Lynn. It covers the context of the iraq War. Lin and his comrades are recognized as heroes after winning the iraq war. The film has a sequence of various events that took place before the war. It also includes the mentality required to fight a war. It portrays the truth of war.



After all, the message of the Bhagavad Gita is ever-present. The lyrics are directly applicable to modern life. It is said that those who have studied the Bhagavad-gita deeply are not burdened by the burdens of samsara. One of the famous messages of the Bhagavad Gita is “Ma Faleshu Kadachana. That is, "Do your duty, never expect a reward." This is more applicable to today's narrow mentality life.

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Parents have high expectations from children, and children have high expectations from parents. Not only that, there is a lot of hope in all relationships. That is why this time is full of disappointment and frustration. The solution is “Ma Phaleshu Kadachanaʼ. Many such messages of the Gita give peace and comfort to the mind and free us from the responsibility of saying, "We are all, we are all."

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