The story up until now: Malayalam film director Aashiq Abu, on June 22, revealed a brand-new film job, Variyamkunnan, on Variyamkunnath Kunhamed Haji, the primary protagonist of the Malabar Rebellion of 1921 who was executed by the British. Soon, three more directors, Ibrahim Vengara, P.T. Kunju Muhammed and Ali Akbar, announced their own movies on the exact same historic figure. The statement of Abu, a Left advocate, triggered a controversy, with Sangh Parivar attire calling on actor Prithviraj Sukumaran, who is playing the function of Haji, not to accept the function in the movie, Variyamkunnan Akbar, a supporter of the Sangh Parivar, has declared that he will depict the ‘real face’ of the rebellion. A historical occasion that occurred a century ago suddenly seems to have obtained modern relevance
Why has Aashiq Abu’s film job announcement resulted in demonstrations?
Unlike in 1988 when the late I.V. Sasi directed 1921, a Malayalam motion picture based on the rebellion, political and communal polarisation in Kerala today has led to demonstrations on social networks. Amid criticism of Sangh Parivar leaders and attacks in the social media, Prithviraj wrote on his Facebook page that Haji “withstood an empire that ruled a quarter of the world”. The Hindu Aikya Vedi announced a year-long project to counter attempts to “glorify” Haji and other leaders who it said was accountable for atrocities versus Hindus in southern parts of the erstwhile Malabar district of Kerala.
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