Hope CBFC doesn't have issues with 'Akali' in 'Raag Desh': Tigmanshu Dhulia
Kolkata
July 20, 2017
National Award winning filmmaker
Tigmanshu Dhulia, who is gearing up for the release of "Raag Desh -
Birth of a Nation", hopes the censor board doesn't have any issues with
the film's content, as also with the use of the word "Akali", which it
has objected to in Madhur Bhandarkar's "Indu Sarkar".
"Till now I didn't feel there is any reason to worry because there is
no controversial content in this film. It is against the British and I
don't think there should be any problem with that but if any problem
arises... I don't know," Dhulia told IANS here on Thursday.
"But yesterday I noticed that (problems over) certain words like
'Akali' etc. are there in Madhur's film... in my film also there is a
reference (to Akali).... though it's not against the Akali...," he
explained.
The film, set for a July 28 release, is about the contribution of
Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army (INA) in India's
independence.
"Raag Desh" is essentially the story of the famous Red Fort trial of
three INA officers (Colonel Prem Sahgal, Shah Nawaz Khan, Gurubaksh
Singh Dhillon) that triggered much public outcry and imbued the nation
with a patriotic fervour.
Expanding on the reference to Akali, Dhulia said it has been used in
the context of prominent political parties resisting the trials.
"When the trials started, then Congress had formed a defence committee
to defend the INA. The other parties... Muslim League pitched in to
defend Shah Nawaz... the Akalis pitched in for Dhillon... so there is a
scene where Dhillon's father comes in and asks him to apologise to the
British... but he refuses... so then the father says that the Akali
party will fight for him... but he was against that," he said.
Asked on apprehensions on scissoring content, he said: "I don't know...
the CBFC is behaving in a weird way... can't say anything."
In "Raag Desh", actor Mohit Marwah plays Colonel Prem Sahgal, Kunal
Kapoor portrays Shah Nawaz Khan while Gurubaksh Singh Dhillon is
essayed by Amit Sadh.
Kolkata
July 20, 2017
National Award winning filmmaker
Tigmanshu Dhulia, who is gearing up for the release of "Raag Desh -
Birth of a Nation", hopes the censor board doesn't have any issues with
the film's content, as also with the use of the word "Akali", which it
has objected to in Madhur Bhandarkar's "Indu Sarkar".
"Till now I didn't feel there is any reason to worry because there is
no controversial content in this film. It is against the British and I
don't think there should be any problem with that but if any problem
arises... I don't know," Dhulia told IANS here on Thursday.
"But yesterday I noticed that (problems over) certain words like
'Akali' etc. are there in Madhur's film... in my film also there is a
reference (to Akali).... though it's not against the Akali...," he
explained.
The film, set for a July 28 release, is about the contribution of
Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army (INA) in India's
independence.
"Raag Desh" is essentially the story of the famous Red Fort trial of
three INA officers (Colonel Prem Sahgal, Shah Nawaz Khan, Gurubaksh
Singh Dhillon) that triggered much public outcry and imbued the nation
with a patriotic fervour.
Expanding on the reference to Akali, Dhulia said it has been used in
the context of prominent political parties resisting the trials.
"When the trials started, then Congress had formed a defence committee
to defend the INA. The other parties... Muslim League pitched in to
defend Shah Nawaz... the Akalis pitched in for Dhillon... so there is a
scene where Dhillon's father comes in and asks him to apologise to the
British... but he refuses... so then the father says that the Akali
party will fight for him... but he was against that," he said.
Asked on apprehensions on scissoring content, he said: "I don't know...
the CBFC is behaving in a weird way... can't say anything."
In "Raag Desh", actor Mohit Marwah plays Colonel Prem Sahgal, Kunal
Kapoor portrays Shah Nawaz Khan while Gurubaksh Singh Dhillon is
essayed by Amit Sadh.
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