Sunday, March 12, 2023

Mohanlal is Wrestler Gama in Lijo film - Ayodhi story plagiarism issue solved

 

Mohanal is Wrestler Gama in Lijo Palliserry’s Malaikottai Valliban that is being filmed in Jaisalmer  and Pokhran is the reports coming about the film. In real life , Mohanlal was  the wrestling champion of  Kerala in 1977-78. He was selected for the National championship which was to be held at New Delhi. But he was called for an audition for his debut film 'Manjil Virinja Pookkal', which was directed by Fazi and so he gave it a miss. He was a member of VeerKerala Gymkhana at Vanchiyoor Trivandrum.

Gama Pehlwan, also known as Rustam-e-Hind, was an embodiment of strength as he remained undefeated throughout his career spanning five decades. Despite his height of only five feet and seven inches, his strength was extraordinary. It is said that he performed 5,000 squats and 3,000 pushups daily and there is a legend that he even fought off an entire mob by himself.

In 1902, Gama accomplished a significant achievement by lifting a stone that weighed 1200 kg, which is currently on display at the Baroda Museum, as per sources. It is said that Bruce Lee was influenced by Gama's training techniques. Additionally, it is reported that the Prince of Wales recognized Gama's strength by presenting him with a silver mace. Gama spent his final days in Lahore before passing away in 1960.

When he faced Rustam-e-Hind champion Raheem Baksh Sultaniwala, he was celebrated as a legend. Despite being considerably smaller than the towering seven-foot-tall Sultaniwala, Gama managed to hold his own and earn a draw. Gama's undefeated record throughout his career made it challenging for him to locate willing opponents to challenge him.

Ayodhi Tamil film story written by Sahitya Akademi winner S Ramakrishnan is plagarized is the charge. Sahitya Akademi winner S Ramakrishnan defended himself against allegations of plagiarism by claiming that real-life incidents can inspire anyone to write a story for a film. The incident in question involved two Pandya Gramin bank employees, Suresh Babu and Muthuumar, who helped a North Indian family return home from Madurai with a dead body. Mathavaraj had written about this incident in a blog, and Ramakrishnan admitted to using a news clip as the basis for his adaptation of the story in the Tamil film Ayodhi, directed by Mandramoorthy and starring Sasikumar. However, Mathavaraj was upset that the film did not credit the two individuals who helped the family and instead presented it as pure fiction. To resolve the dispute, Mathavaraj met with the film's producer Ravindran and director, and a compromise was reached whereby the names of the two individuals would be included in the OTT version of the film.

Real incident

 On August 31st, 2011, Mathavaraj, an employee of Pandyan Grama Bank and a trade unionist in Madurai, received a distress call from Arvind Sinha, a member of the All India Regional Rural Bank Employees Association in Bihar. Sinha informed Mathavaraj that Vinod Srivatsava from Lucknow, an employee of Central Bihar Gramin Bank, had been in a car accident with his wife and three children in Rameshwaram. Unfortunately, Srivatsava's wife passed away at the scene, leaving the family stranded at Madurai airport and in desperate need of assistance to return to their state.

Despite being away at a meeting in Trichy, Mathavaraj promptly requested his colleagues Suresh Babu and Samuel Jothikumar to attend to the family's needs. The two colleagues provided the family with food and helped obtain the necessary documents to air-lift the body through Indian Airlines.

Mathavaraj, who is also a writer, wrote a blog post on September 3rd, 2011, titled "Azhakooda Thiraaniyatravargalaai Avargal" (Those who could not even shed tears) about the incident. He also later wrote about it in the Unity magazine for bank workers.

After the release of a film, Suresh Babu brought the story to Mathavaraj's attention, who was shocked that the film had credited the story to a popular Tamil litterateur, S Ramakrishnan.

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Film also came in for praise as it shows how a Muslim Tamil helps an orthodox Hindu man and his family. Soon after the film release had come the incident of a video showing a Bihari youth being beaten to death in Tamil Nadu and led to an exodus of migrant workers.

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