Topic: Bollywood
Pa Ranjith announces new movie, a biopic of Birsa Munda
The story of Birsa Munda's biopic is centered around the tribal uprising in the British era during the latter half of the 19th century. Gopi Nainar also announced a film on Birsa Munda last month.
It is outside the ring where the real fight happens: A reading of Mukkabaaz
This film therefore while touching upon intricate contours of caste and patriarchy; while it shows how any violence is justified while chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jay;’it shies away from looking at violence against Muslims and Islamophobia in the eye.
