Bhandarkar also elaborated on the travails he had to face as director of Indu Sarkar, a film set in the Emergency era. He said they mirrored today's woes of Bhansali.
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The film, set against the backdrop of the 1975-77 Emergency, features Neil Nitin Mukesh, Kirti and Kulhari Tota Roy Chaudhary.
The CBFC had suggested 12 cuts and two disclaimers, including removal of words like RSS and Akali from Indu Sarkar.
Veerappa Moily said that 'Indu Sarkar' will hurt sentiments of many Congressmen and that is what the "present prime minister wants."
Indu Sarkar features Kirti Kulhari and Neil Nitin Mukesh in pivotal roles.
Her character Indu is an orphan who becomes a poet, and how during the time of Emergency, she becomes a rebel.
Bhandarkar has received support for the film from several personalities like Paresh Rawal, Ashoke Pandit, Kirti Kulhari and Tota Roy Chaudhary.
Kirti Kulhari plays a poetess who stammers in the film that is set in the 1980s.
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) committee on Monday suggested 12 cuts and two disclaimers in Madhur Bhandarkar’s forthcoming film Indu Sarkar, which is set in the backdrop of Emergency.
Madhur Bhandarkar appalled over Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) committee suggestion of 14 cuts in Indu Sarkar.
The song displays the pre-independence era aptly and the Emergency period glimpses are rightly portrayed. The film touches a sensitive subject and hence has to go through a lot of delays and controversies but after all that, it has taken shape.
Madhur Bhandarkar said that there is no question of showing Indu Sarkar to Congress or any political party, till the time the censor hasn't passed the film.
The qawwali was already famous among masses and this revival is surely going to give us some major throwback.
Indu Sarkar talks about how freedom of expression and civil liberties were suppressed during Emergency.
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