Actor Seema G Nair has taken a strong stand against violent politics and rejected the claim that movies are responsible for increasing aggression in society. To counter the argument that films encourage violence,  in a social media post, Seema highlighted real incidents of political killings in Kerala.

Expressing her thoughts on the controversy surrounding the film Marco, she wrote, "For a few days, I have been thinking about writing some things. For some, this may sound wrong...right for some... I felt like the movie ‘Marco’ was target attacked from all sides. It is alleged that the movie is the cause of so many things.. it should be banned, etc."

Seema pointed out that while many characters who are killed in films continue to live on-screen or pass away naturally, real-life victims of hate politics do not get that chance. She drew a powerful comparison, saying, "Hate politics should be feared like drugs."

"When KT Jayakrishnan was hacked to death in front of children in a classroom in 1999, no party examined the mental health of children who witnessed it. Those children will remember that scene until their death," she wrote.

Listing other brutal incidents, she wrote, "In 2012, as part of a political disagreement, a man named TP Chandrasekhar was killed by a group of people. They hit him with a car, threw a bomb, attacked him ‘51’ times and mutilated him beyond recognition... (Marco was not released yet)."

She also mentioned the tragic killing of Shukkur in 2012, the Periya double murder case in 2019, the stabbing of 21-year-old Abhimanyu in 2018, and many others. "So many political murders took place. The reasons for this were trivial," she added.

Taking aim at the aggressive nature of campus politics, Seema criticised certain slogans chanted at political protests. "The other day, the student organisation of a major political party was heard chanting slogans as part of a protest. ‘We will cut off hands, we will cut off legs, and if necessary, we will cut off heads!’ Hundreds of children were seen repeating the slogan. Politics is injected more dangerously than drugs, it mixes with the blood. This campus politics is making them capable of anything."

Should movies be banned?

Seema also questioned the logic behind banning films, arguing that censorship often backfires.

"When a movie is banned, the new generation will look for other ways to watch it and find out where to watch it. In a way, the movie gets more publicity."

"Without stopping the flow of drugs, no murders will disappear. The same applies to hate politics. These are the issues here. If we are going to ban movies, we will have to ban every Hollywood, Bollywood, and Kollywood movie that is released here. Because since I was born, I have been watching people killing in movies. I am not justifying anything, but I felt like some things should be stated," she concluded the post