Will Sabarmati Report reopen old wounds?

Ekta Kapoor’s The Sabarmati Report is to be released on November 15. Based as it is on the Godhra Train incident of 2002, what controversies will it stir up? The producer spoke about her choice of subject.

‘i am fearless’

Maine dar ke kabhi kaam nahi kiya. It’s very simple, I have taken facts and when you go with facts you are with truth (sachchai ke saath ho). It may be bitter, people may have issues. But it will remain the truth. When I want to show anything truthfully, I will have to present both the sides. Also, I have taken up only one part of the story. If I were to tell the whole story, the film would have a run time of 20 hours.

Facts aren’t lies

When you do complete research and tell a story truthfully, I am sure some people will like it and others won’t. We can’t do anything about that.

‘I am a Hindu’

Being a Hindu means being secular. I remember when I wore a tika, bangles and rings, I was mocked. I love and respect all religions. You need to see the film. The perpetrators will be spotlighted without naming or harming anyone. It’s not about one side, it’s about how it started.”

Asked whether she had consulted PM Narender Modi, who was the Gujarat CM at the time of the incident, Ekta replied, “I am not associated with any wing. I am with the factual/truth wing. I didn’t take anyone’s support.” The film is billed as a factual representation of events that took place on the day the Sabarmati Express was set on fire in Godhra.

Ekta Kapoor stands by the factual basis of her film

‘I Have been receiving threats’

Actor Vikrant Massey says he has received death threats on social media but he is not worried as his upcoming film The Sabarmati Report, set in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning incident in 2002, is “purely based on facts.”

“I have been receiving threats. Without drawing attention to it, it is something which I am dealing with and we, as a team, collectively are dealing with, Massey told reporters. — PTI