L2 Empuran brutal rape of pregnant women- violence puts Hindus in the dock- Move to recensor

In our Empuran review before it hit theatres, we said it was a veiled attack on BJP. (read; https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2025/03/l2-empuran-review-veiled-refrence-to.html) In the Chennai Q&A, Prithviraj said that it was a thriller in a political backdrop. Following complaints that several controversial issues, including communal riots, were depicted in a biased manner, the makers of the film Empuraan directed by Prithviraj have applied for changes. Gokulam Movies approached the regional censor board for this. The censor board met and started removing the parts that raised complaints. Amendments will be made in seventeen parts. Some controversial dialogues will be muted. There have been major complaints and criticisms against the film being filmed and released while covering up the incident of the train attack The rape scene and the controversial scene mentioning the Union Home Minister will be changed. The producers themselves have decided to change the name of the villain in the film, Reports Janmabhoomi. Censor board member Mahes said that the scenes where a pregnant Muslim woman is raped has been cut to4 minutes and a scene in which a Hinduvata leader pointing to green colour in national flag makes a communal remark. Thse are two changes made so far. And this film will now be available till Sunday night and only on Monday will another version come through. From censor certification as suitable for =13 it has been revised to +16. A scene where women’s heads are banged multiple times against a wall to reduced to a flash. scene depicting sexual violence against a woman is trimmed to 4 minutes

X POSTS Shame on you. Resign now from your post in Territorial Army. @narendramodi @AmitShah - This is the man who in this movie has called you both as being responsible for the Gujarat Riots' and glossing over the burning of Sabarmati Express at Godhra - calling it as an accident. How come such a politically skewed anti-majoritarian propaganda movie was approved by Even Union Minister Prasoon Joshi was not spared ; t seems Prasoon Joshi is an urban naxal.. He made @KanganaTeam run from pillar to post to get a clearance for #emergency that too with more than 30+ cuts But he n his people have no probs with anti national anti hindu propaganda movies Are #Hindus children of a lesser god? Ramkrishna Iyer laletta .. u just made a mess of it.. yes it scored big due to the hype and initial bookings, but you will never be forgiven.. Pseudos around you will say only a few "Sanghis" are unhappy, but mostly everyone who practises Hindu faith is super pissed... Preston joshi is a left intellectual who co-opted the current dispensation for reasons known to him. Point is @BJP4India is the Charlie Chaplin who always gracefully accepts the tag as Hitler. Shameless guys, after 11 yrs still don't know how to show once what is power Kast Laugh: How kerala story movie was approved by censor board. Same way they approved empuraan. Cry hard andh bhakths..

Kuruthi : More about communalism - Less on thriller front

 

Prithiviraj deserves all pat for producing this film and  has literally stuck his neck out with a subject that is swept away under the carpet. As for acting , Prithiviraj character is villainish but then all the scenes that leave an impression are his. Kuruthi rides on two horses – show the communal divide with all its warts and moles and also be an engaging thriller. The film scores on the first point. It rips through the so called secularism which gives a cover to many murderous happenings. Director Manu Warrier took too many  cusines on her plate but somehow manages to give a clean plate with no leftovers.

A Hindu boy (who murdered a Muslim shopkeeper) and the Hindu cop who arrested him land at a house of Ibru in the night. Cop wants to stay over night with the boy as he was attacked by a gang who wants to kill the boy. Is he safe in the house of Ibru, a devout Muslim who stays with his father Mammukoya and brother  who has leanings towards Muslim fundamentalism.? Events unfold as the gang leader lands up in house and asks the cop to trade the boy for the lives of the constables who are in his custody. Cop refuses the deal and now the siege of the house physically and mentally begins.

The thriller portion recedes and comes the religious divide.

Some scenes are filmic. The dying Hindu cop asking the Muslim youth a promise with hand placed on Quran and handing over a blood soaked gun. It makes a good visual but just does not jell. The Hindu girl ( Srinaada) is shown as very grounded. She says that she is willing to convert in public and light lamp in privacy and pray to her Gods. The girl who pulls a gun on the guy she loved and accuses him of being totally subservient to his Muslim religion gets a chance to shoot a defenceless Muslim terrorist kingpin- she does not !!!

The protagonist ( Roshan) character is bundle of contradictions. Let him be. Why should Laiq ( Prithiviraj) who is one dimensional in approach trust him in crucial juncture ?. The back stabbing ( or stealthy knifing/ shooting) happens too often.

Mamookoya voices what every ordinary citizen of any religion would say. Hats off to the creation of this character that subtly and in dry humour voices the opinion of the aam aadmi not doctrine in any of these fundamentalism. The heroic touch to the role is justified as Mammukoya is shown to be lover of gangster films and boasts of having bumped off a few guys.

For the thriller part , I liked the table scene in the house where all the character sit around and tension builds up. Superb camerawork.

For the Hinduvata gang, Srinada dialogues that say that why is that Hindus cannot voice their opinion and justifies the killing by the boy.  For Muslim fundamental mentalists , there are umpteen dialogues  and scenes that will warm their cockle. For me the scene where Prithviraj gets stabbed in the stomach by Ibru says – After all you had to take the knife even if it was to save an infidel. The film gives some points that one can ruminate upon. Wonder how Gods Own Country’s theatre going public would have reacted ?. The situation of the State is best summed by Mamookoya – We are living from one flood to another. My query - Are we are not living from one Covid wave to another ?