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Hindus Call 'Avatar' a Big Hin-Don't

Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:35AM by TMZ Staff

James Cameron's new film "Avatar" may have one of the biggest budgets of all time ... but it also has one big problem -- a group of Hindus are up in arms because they claim the title disgraces their religion.

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The Universal Society of Hinduism and its president Rajan Zed are demanding Cameron put a disclaimer before and after the new 3-D flick saying it has diddly squat to do with the Hindu religion and its concepts ... and the title is just a coincidence.

The concept of "avatar" -- commonly known as incarnation -- is a central theme in Hinduism and prominent Hindus are worried the movie will completely botch it if Cameron doesn't bother to explain himself.

Ironically Cameron's film will reportedly be the biggest ever Hollywood release in India.

Tags: avatar, james cameron, JamesCameron, rajan zed, RajanZed, universal society of hinduism, UniversalSocietyOfHinduism

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1. zzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted at 12:36AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Simone

2. Always has to be someone b**ching about something, just shut the F up, you smelly bastards?

Posted at 12:41AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Patrick Joseph

3. It's a complicated situation...

Posted at 12:43AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Simone

4. This movie seems to be very nice. The problem is that in my town there is no movie theater with 3-D technology. So, maybe I will lose the best of it. Hehehehehehe.

Posted at 12:46AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Simone

5. Hey Rajan, come after the internet. We're up to our third eyes in avatars.

Posted at 12:55AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Vishnu

6. religion...

Posted at 12:59AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Stark

7. Are you frickin kidding me? People just need to stop already with this kind of b.s. It's a movie. It has nothing to do with you. "Avatar" has more than one meaning/use. Get the f*** over it!

Posted at 11:45PM on Nov 5th 2009 by Pommiegirl

8. All animals are equally sacred, not just cows. If hindus were actually vegetarian, better yet vegan, they wouldn't be SO FAT!
Yoga = good, massaging favourite chakra = also good.

Posted at 3:42AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Alan

9. so retarded. if you have or know any young kids [like my nephew who's seven] then you know there is already a cartoon called Avatar: The Last Airbender. he loves that show and can't wait for the movie. get over it! ppl are annoying when they argue for no good reason...its a movie. ie. not real

Posted at 4:11AM on Nov 5th 2009 by sam

10. This is so very stupid. English nouns quite often have more than one meaning, - sometimes even three or more. The word "avatar" also means "symbol", such as those utilized in blogs, visual signatures, etc. Much ado about absolutely nothing.

Posted at 4:46AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Mole Hill

11.
Not to endorse Hollywood (or Bollywood) in any shape or form, but if I had a dollar for every time someone who can't be entertained opened their (self-important) mouth, I'd have...

...I'd have lots of dollars.
That said, I could be wrong here.

Posted at 5:03AM on Nov 5th 2009 by shuffler

12. What a bunch of morons.

Posted at 5:22AM on Nov 5th 2009 by whocares

13. On that note, I think that Madonna's latest boyfriend, Jesus, should walk around with a disclaimer stapled to his forehead letting us know he's not the real son of Christ, just in case we get confused.

Oh, and Madonna should stop squatting in her music videos. I've seen enough of her implied/real vagina over the years. What happened Madonna? You used to be cutting edge and relevant and cool. Now you're old and predictable. I often think to myself, "Oh look, the latest Madonna video in a leotard showing off her vagina and flailing her legs around pretending like she could have sex like a gymnast." Then I think to myself, "Oh man I haven't seen Madonna move like that since 1998, 2001, 2004 AND 2008."

I beg you to age with grace and class. Something which so far, you simply refuse to do. 50 year old twat no matter how digitised and airbrushed, singing and tonguing with a hot relevant 20-something singer is about as sexually attractive as Michael Jackson ripping his shirt off in front of a big industrial fan which makes his wig flow in the wind while he lyrically screams AHHHHHHHHHHHH! in the most manly-girly voice he can muster while I look at a picture of Macaulay Culkin on the 'Home Alone' video cover.

Please Madonna, I beg you, No.More.Vagina. Your vagina is not nice to look or fantasise about at anymore. It's old and as you've made sure we all know, very, very used. :(

Sigh... I'm sorry I digressed. But I've been wanting to say that to the world for quite some time.

Posted at 6:57AM on Nov 5th 2009 by This.Is.My.Avatar

14. Sometimes I agree with the complaints different groups have with movies, or where they ask for disclaimers upfront-- but this one is ridiculous. The internet, gamers and even email sites such as yahoo have avatars. We know it has nothing to do with religion--and so does Zed.

This one is stretching it in my book. Don't cave in Cameron.

Posted at 7:58AM on Nov 5th 2009 by Cali MJ Fan

15. Are they gonna complain about Avatar: The last airbender, too?

Posted at 8:01AM on Nov 5th 2009 by A Person

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