RAMU DENIES ‘SARKAR RAJ’ IS NANDIGRAM BASED
According to Smashits :
Is Sarkar Raj inspired from Nandigram incident? The movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is reportedly based on a real life theme. However, the movie’s director Ram Gopal Varma doesn’t agree with it. In fact, he asserts, ‘Sarkar Raj’ is the sequel to Sarkar, which did quite well, and now with three Bachchans in the sequel there are high expectations from this one, too. Verma denies that a large part of ‘Sarkar Raj’ is based on the real life conflicting issue of Nandigram. This is to recall that ‘Sarkar Raj’ will be the first film after Abhishek tied the knot with Ash and the two of them along with Amitabh will be seen in vital roles in the film.
Sources close to Verma reiterate that ‘Sarkar Raj’ is supposedly based on a conflict between father and son and it is also said to be based on the real life drama of the construction of a dam, which is being opposed by many. Incidentally, the situation in the film is very similar to the real life issue in Nandigram where the West Bengal government decided to set up a chemical unit in the village of Nandigram and for this a huge dam was to be built.
However, the villagers came out in full force to oppose the government’s decision. They cut off all roads to the village. The government then deployed 3000 policemen and other officials to use force and break the villagers’ resistance. What followed was a detrimental clash between the villagers and the policemen and quite a few people lost their lives. This appears that Varma has used the Nandigram issue as a secondary reference in the film and has been extremely careful not to use direct references. In any way, Varma does not want to cause any unnecessary controversy this time round for his film.
