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Political row continues over ‘Indu Sarkar’ release

With the release of Madhur Bhandarkar’s next ‘Indu Sarkar’ just days away from its release, a political row between the two leading parties in India has erupted.

The Indian Express reports that Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit saying, “If tomorrow I make a movie as to what was the role of Narendra Modi in 2002 riots in Gujarat, Sohrabuddin then will I get the same respect and same support from them? Will the RSS and the ABVP goons let the movie run? Will the Censor board allow it? If they will let it run then we should soon make a movie on this.”

The film is based on the 1975-77 Emergency period, has received a lot of flak from the Congress party over the portrayal of Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi and other senior leaders.

Bhandarkar previously said his film was a work of fiction and not a documentary, “This is completely wrong, and controversy like this should not happen because I made a film as a filmmaker and I’m saying that 70 percent of the film is fiction and 30 percent is reality. The reality is based on the books and the documentaries made on them. I don’t understand the demand that they (the Congress) want to watch the movie before its release. Let my film get censor board clearance and the moment it is released in the theatres, you can go and watch the film.”

The film has been certified U/A and releases this weekend.