The Malayalam film `1921
– puzha muthal puzha vare’ which has Thalaivasal Vijay playing the pivotal role
has been denied certification by censors as it would create communal disharmony
in the country. He plays the role of
Haji the man who led the rebellion against the British . Sources say that in
the film, Haji and his men plundered the Hindus and murdered them. Vijay had
acted as Sree Narayana Guru in Malayalam film Yugapurushan and was last seen in
` Arattu’.
In the first of the
series to saffronize Variyan Kunnathu Kunjahammed Haji acted by Thalaivsal
Vijay , the hero of Malabar rebellion of
1921, the film `1921 – puzha muthal puzha vare’ directed by Akbar Ali has been
denied certification. The film maker has moved the High Court. Akbar Ali who
facing criticism for supporting BJP has named him as Ramasimhan Aboobakker .
A tweet by BJP politician T G Mohandas said Sir
we, from Kerala,were desparately tweeting to get CBFC Certificate to the
Malayalam film Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare on 1921 Hindu Genocide. Our requests
were ignored. Now the poor producer Ramasimhan has approached KeralaHC. We
sadly understand that we are orphans
This post is in
contrast to the earlier stance of Ali Akbar that his film has not been denied
certification and that he would release it after Onam last year. Media reports
said that the film was denied certification and in appeal it went to the
regional committee. The regional committee too backed the censor board. Ali
then claimed that he had an adult certificate as he has shown the ~ 1921 riots”
and so there was bloodshed and not any rape scenes.
The Malabar
rebellion hero Kunjuahammed Haji came into focus when leading director Ashiq
Abu and actor Prithviraj announced last June, that they were making a film on
his role in the Independence Struggle. Director P Kunjumuhamed and stage director Shaheed Variyamkunnan too announced films on the same character. Ali Akbar
joined the fray to ` show the true face of the hero of the rebellion’.
BJP was keen to
portray the Haji as a villain who plundered Hindus during the rebellion and other
section out to glorify him. Prithiviraj backed out from the project.
Now the tweet from BJP fellow traveler shows that the first attempt has
been not got the backing from the national leadership . The anti BJP camp says
that the idea is to remove some of the heroes from the history books Dictionary
of Martyrs: India’s freedom struggle 1857-1947, released in 2019 by PM Modi
shows Kunjuahamed Haji and Ali Musaliar as freedom fighters came as a big blow
to Hindu nationalists.
As soon as the
Hindu nationalists raised objections, the soft copy was removed from the
website of Cultural Affairs ministry and as per official explanation it was to
be issued after the ` mistakes’ were corrected.
Now that the
BJP in Kerala and the national leadership has obviously washed it’s hands off.
The revising committee of Censor is headed by Gautami the actress who was to contest
on BJP ticket in last Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. The Union minister of State
looking after the portfolio that oversees such issues is Murugan the BJP MP and
hailing from Tamil Nadu.
The propaganda is
that Haji and his men plundered Hindus and looted their bank as well raped
their woman. He is no freedom fighter but a plunderer is the story by BJP. Leftists
say that by tarnishing Haji, the agenda is to remove Vayalar Punapara rebellion
heroes from history books. As things stand, the ball is in Kerala High Court.
