RAIPUR: In a significant gesture the Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday, November 19 announced that “The Sabarmati Report” movie will run tax free in the state. “The Sabarmati Report” film tax free in Chhattisgarh, said an official statement released by the Chief Minister Office on Tuesday evening.
“Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has announced to make the film “The Sabarmati Report” tax free in Chhattisgarh. The CM said that the film should be watched because only the study of the past can give us better guidance about the present and the future. The film presents the painful incident with sensitivity,” it added.
Taking it to the X, the Chief Minister too informed about the decision. “Our government has decided to make the film “The Sabarmati Report” tax free in the State”, said CM Sai.
“The film is highly commendable and makes an effective attempt to expose the horrific truth of the history for which efforts were made to kept it hidden. The film exposes the reality of the current system which try to suppress the truth by spreading false narrative,” he added.
हमारी सरकार ने “द साबरमती रिपोर्ट” फिल्म को छत्तीसगढ़ में टैक्स फ्री करने का निर्णय लिया है।
यह फिल्म इतिहास के उस भयावह सत्य को उजागर करने का अत्यंत सराहनीय और प्रभावशाली प्रयास है जिसे निहित स्वार्थ के लिए छुपाने का प्रयास किया गया था। यह फिल्म तात्कालिक सिस्टम की उस सच्चाई को…
— Vishnu Deo Sai (@vishnudsai) November 19, 2024
Notably, earlier the Prime Minister Narendra Modi also praised the recently released Vikrant Massey starrer ‘The Sabarmati Report’, a movie based on the Godhra train-coach burning incident of 2002. He said it is good that the “truth” is coming out.
The prime minister was replying to an X user who had praised the movie and tagged him with a video of the film’s trailer. The movie was released on November 15.
“Well said. It is good that this truth is coming out, and that too in a way common people can see it. A fake narrative can persist only for a limited period of time. Eventually, the facts will always come out!” PM Modi wrote on X.
Well said. It is good that this truth is coming out, and that too in a way common people can see it.
A fake narrative can persist only for a limited period of time. Eventually, the facts will always come out! https://t.co/8XXo5hQe2y
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 17, 2024
The movie is based on the burning of S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express near Godhra station (Gujarat) on February 27, 2002. At least 59 Hindu devotees returning from Ayodhya were burnt to death in the incident, which led to the riots in the state later.
PM Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat at the time of the tragic event.
Directed by Dheeraj Sarna and produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ektaa R Kapoor, Amul V Mohan and Anshul Mohan, ‘The Sabarmati Report’ is based on the real-life events of the burning of the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra.
Earlier this month, the makers unveiled the film’s trailer. The trailer highlights the ideological debate between Hindi speaking and rooted journalists and the west influenced and superior complex of English Reporters in a thought provoking manner with the events unfolding in the background shaping the politics and reporting of the tragic events.
During the trailer launch event, filmmaker Ektaa Kapoor talked about ‘The Sabarmati Report’, and why she decided to bring the story to the people.
Speaking to the media, she emphasised that it is important to understand the origin of the event and the other aspects and she is trying to do the same through this film. She shared that the movie touches upon all the aspects of the Godhra train burning incident that happened on February 27, 2002.
Ektaa said that the movie tries to bring out the unknown facts about the tragic incident and the genesis of it. She said, “I am telling the genesis of it. Pehla Pahlu (first aspect) – without undermining the other pehloos (aspects).
Unfortunately, this Pehlu, how it all started, has not been reported enough. That’s why we have decided to tell you how it started without undermining what happened later. It doesn’t mean if you tell one story, you undermine the other. It’s not about only one side. This is about how it started, very different”. The film also stars Ridhi Dogra and Raashii Khanna.
(with inputs from ANI)
