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.
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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