About The Sabarmati Report
| Title: | The Sabarmati Report |
|---|---|
| Original Title: | द साबरमती रिपोर्ट |
| Plot: | A Hindi reporter struggles with a deadly fact when a train full of Karsewaks is set ablaze in Godhra. Years later, he is asked to help expose the Sabarmati Incident backed by a buried report. |
| Cast: | Vikrant Massey, Raashii Khanna, Ridhi Dogra, Nazneen Patni, Barkha Singh, |
| Director: | Dheeraj Sarna |
| Cinematography: | Amalendu Chaudhary |
| Editor: | Tushar Parekh |
The Sabarmati Report
Shilajit Mitra
The Hindu
Vikrant Massey boards the propaganda train
Based on the 2002 Godhra train burning tragedy, and its ensuing coverage in the media, this convenient and skewed film is a poor showcase for its leading man
In an interview that went viral ahead of The Sabarmati Report, actor Vikrant Massey, briefly turning political analyst, reflected on the state of the nation. “People say that Hindus are in danger, that Muslims are in danger. No one is in danger; everything is going fine. This is the best country to live in the world,” he declared in a podcast. The nervous naivety of Hindi film actors ahead of a controversial release is always enlightening to witness. It’s a balancing act no gymnast or slackliner can fathom.
The Sabarmati Report
Sukanya Verma
rediff.com
Poorly Crafted Propaganda
The Sabarmati Report is so flimsy in its execution, taking offence to it would be dignifying its existence.
News is the truth that you choose to bring out, a cunning television journalist tells her artless subordinate early on in The Sabarmati Report. She’s the villain of the piece for concealing inconvenient realities and conveying only what suits her purpose and politics. Funny how The Sabarmati Report’s poorly crafted propaganda masquerading as a crusade for justice is nothing but a blatant embodiment of these very ideals.
The Sabarmati Report
Bharathi Pradhan
Lehren.com
Conspiracy Uncovered, Story Incomplete
Media, Politics, Truths, Lies & a lot more... Will The Sabarmati Report cover it all at the silver screens
The communal bloodshed that tainted Gujarat in 2002 has been told and retold on film, in books, on TV debates. But there’s been a lid on the Godhra tragedy that preceded the riots, a lid that’s lifted occasionally to put out theories that suppress and mislead more than reveal. A gas cylinder, a cigarette? What sparked the fire that roasted 59 kar sevaks including tiny children inside a bogey of the Sabarmati Express outside Godhra station in 2002?
The Sabarmati Report
Shubhra Gupta
The Indian Express
Vikrant Massey film has no nuance, just judgement
After jumping down the throat of those who speak for balance, the Vikrant Massey-Raashii Khanna-starrer tries hard at doing a balancing act. How’s that for more irony?
On February 27, 2002, several coaches of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra station caught fire, causing the deaths of 59 people, many of them women and children. The train from Ayodhya, bound for Ahmedabad, was full of ‘karsevaks’ returning after a ceremony held under the aegis of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Flames could be seen in four coaches, according to reports, but the worst hit was Coach 6, where the deaths took place. The horrific incident was followed by three days of rioting in Gujarat: according to several accounts, the number of the dead was well over 2000. The Nanavati-Mehta commission, appointed by the state government, concluded that the fire was the result of a pre-planned arson by a large Muslim mob; the one-member Banerjee commission instituted in 2004 by the government at the Centre declared that it was an accident.