<\/a>Director Shoojit Sircar concedes that his movie, Madras Cafe, based on the Sri Lankan civil war, may have certain scenes resembling events related to Rajiv Gandhi\u2019s assassination, but he clarifies that the film\u2019s story is not a biopic on the former prime minister, reports Hindustan Times.
\nAt a press conference on Monday, Sircar\u00a0and the film\u2019s producer John Abraham, who also plays the lead actor in the movie, were asked if permission was sought from the Congress party to essay an important sequence in, Madras Cafe, on lines similar to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
\nSircar said: \u2018This is not a biopic on him, this is not a story based on him. Yes, you can say that there is a similarity to that incident. There is a similarity in the facial structure (of the actor who plays the said role).\u2019
\nRajiv Gandhi, whose birth anniversary falls Tuesday, died when an LTTE suicide bomber detonated a bomb at an election rally in May 1991. A similar incident has been showcased in the film\u2019s trailer.
\nHowever, the director clarified, \u2018We have taken that incident which we read in the paper. Rest, whatever is around it, has been fictionalised in the scripting. But somewhere you may find some historical references in the fictionalised bit too.\u2019
\n\u2018Nobody knows what had (actually) happened – everyone has an idea that an incident had happened. So (what we have shown is that) when a hit squad plans such an incident, how do they do it… and that is what we have fictionalised in the movie,\u2019 added Sircar.
\nMadras Cafe, releasing Aug 23, is already facing the ire of Tamil activist groups Naam Tamizhar and MDMK. The members have sought a ban on the film contending that it portrays LTTE cadres as terrorists. Sircar, who invested seven years into researching the project, says it was important for the Madras Cafe team to deal with the issue in the movie with sensitivity.
\nBut, he says, whatever side he may have taken in the movie, what it finally goes to show is human loss.
\n\u2018It shows that there are so many civilians who just lost their life, and others lead a displaced life,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

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