Dr.Shri Ram Lagoo------------------------------------------
Few will deny that he is a NutSamrat meaning as the emperor of theatre. Dr. Lagoo is for many years in the business of acting and the most versatile actor but more importantly he is a great humanitarian. The green shoots of a tree grow in all direction, run amuck in search of sun-light everywhere. Just to see sun-light they crane their necks and grow aimlessly helter-skelter. Trees grow shapely if those branches are cut in order and beautiful shape is given to them. The man who does this work is called as gardener and the man who guides the society is called as Reformer. Just as the gardener shapes his garden so does the reformer gives shape to society. Thus he is popular actor and at the same time, he is a great reformer nowadays. He is a great visionary and his intellectual capacity is fantastic but in the field of eradication of blind faith, he is comparatively new but not a novice. He is a firm believer in the principle of reform that starts from self help. So he first examined his ideology and to his dismay he found that his faith in the idea of God was basically wrong. Because that idea gave birth to blind faith. I personally do not agree to his idea of not believing in God. He says the very idea of God must be stamped out. God should be retired and the people should forget about the God. It is okey for an intellectual like Dr. Lagoo but in a society like India this is not palatable idea. This not a digestable idea.
With due respect to the versatile actor I must say that the man is intelligent and all rounder but he is making mistake when he is professing against the existence of God. In V. Shantaram’s great film Pinjara, Dr. Lagoo played the role a Teacher who falls on evil way due to his infatuation for a female dancer in Tamasha( folk art). In the same way he is falling on evil way when he is opposing the existence of God. No doubt about his sincerity while conducting a reform movement but I feel that he has fallen on evil way again when he professes to disbelieve in God. God’s existence can not be doubted by anybody for any reason whatsoever. God is there for billions of believers but blind faith in religion is the evil that must be stamped out. It is the blind faith that makes people believe in Godmen, Baba, or Mantrics( the people who do the black magic.). In spite of the efforts of thousands of workers working against them, blind faith in society is a growing phenomenon. And the people, who make a living on such people, flourishing. Not only in our society but in advanced countries like USA. Great Britain and China this menace is of frightening proportions. Hope is a great solace to common man and this hope is alive today due his faith in God. So Dr. Shri Ram Lagoo please do not rob us of our only hope, our God.