Film unmasking those who took down the Tricolor,
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Raipur (Team Newsbuddy) :The attraction of the famous Chitrakoot Falls of Chhattisgarh took me to Bastar, Dantewada and Jagdalpur about 15 years ago. These areas south of Raipur are miles away from development, but after seeing the mountains of iron ore in the iron mines built in this area, it was understood that the Naxal problem in these areas is somewhat real and created by some corporate houses. A few big families do not want to allow other families to come to these areas for business. The tribals of the area hold their land, land and forest dearly. This is Abujhmad. There are so many legends about it that it could turn into an action thriller. There were long discussions with Vipul Shah on the geographical structure of this place. But, at the bottom of these discussions, a story is growing which will target the entire ‘Left’ and which will show the connection of Naxalites operating in the forests of Dandakaranya with ISIS, Lashkar-e-Toiba, LTTE and other terrorist organizations of the world. Even thinking this was like bringing a far-fetched dream.
// New entry in the trio of ‘The Kerala Story’
The film ‘Bastar The Naxal Story’ is another attempt to rewrite history. In their previous film ‘The Kerala Story’, producer Vipul Shah and director Sudipto Sen had made a blockbuster film based on the case study of some Hindu girls who were the targets of love jihad. The performance of Ada Sharma as well as other actresses in the film was impressive and the film did well at the box office. This time too all three together have tried to create something similar, but this time the entire story is based on just one case study and this time Ada Sharma is not even a victim. Since the story is about oppression of tribals, this time Indira Tiwari is at the center of the story. Indira is from Bhopal. Her height is like the girls of Central India.His resemblance with the main character of the story, Ratna Kashyap, also suits him well. In this story of Ratna, her husband and two children Raman and Rama, the character of IPS Neerja Madhavan keeps coming and going. Like a case going on in the Supreme Court.
// The purpose of the film in the end credits
The objective of both the films ‘The Kerala Story’ and ‘Bastar The Naxal Story’ is the same. First, after the country became a republic, the miscreants were seen gaining courage during the rule of a particular political party. And second, to glorify the efforts made in the last few years to suppress these miscreants. The film ‘Bastar The Naxal Story’ tells after its epilogue that tourism in Bastar has increased by 80 percent in the last five years. However, the truth is that the film itself was not shot in Bastar but according to director Sudipto Sen, it was shot in the forests of Maharashtra. At the time of the film, Ada Sharma’s character was Neerja Mathur, by the time of its release it became Neerja Madhavan. The conflict between the film makers regarding Mathur and Madhavan is visible in the entire making of this film. There might have been a similar dilemma in showing the film to influencers before film critics.
