In a letter written to a literary magazine, Nida Fazli writes: "How can the Angry Young Man character be confined to the Seventies? I feel more anger is needed today compared to that of the Seventies, and why Amitabh is alone hailed as the Angry Young Man?
He, like Ajmal Kasab was only a toy (khilona) created by others. One was created by Hafiz Saeed, and the other was created from the pens of Salim-Javed (scriptwriters).
"The toy was hanged to death, but his creator has been left free by Pakistan to offer namaaz prayers for his death. The other toy (Big B) is being hailed, by the creators of that toy (Salim Javed) were forgotten."
Nida Fazli's comments have created a storm in Urdu literary circles, with playwright Asghar Wajahat describing them as "ridiulous and silly", and poet Asad Zaidi lending his suport to Fazli.
Says poet Asad Zaidi: " The lines of comparison drawn by Nida Saheb is correct. During the Seventies, Amitabh depicted several fascist characters on the big screen which were encouraging non-democratic tendencies, and such characters were being portrayed as heroes before the audience. It's just like today's terrorism. That character was definitely created by Salim-Javed pair."
Conversely, playwright Asghar Wajahat says, such expressions by Nida Fazli are ridiculous and silly.
"One should go through Amitabh's personal life rather than his on-screen characters. Any one should regret the intellectual immaturity of the writer.
Neither Ajmal Kasab was created by Hafeez Saeed, nor Amitabh Bachchan was created by Salim Javed.
Any person's character is created or marred by circumstances, education and values. It would be ridiculous and silly to compare both the characters."