Madhur Bhandarkar to put up a disclaimer in response to the political pressure over ‘Indu Sarkar’

Madhur Bhandarkar’s upcoming movie ‘Indu Sarkar’ is under a lot of political pressure due to its close resemblance to real political incidents. The filmmaker seems to have succumbed to this pressure and recently declared that he has decided to put up a disclaimer stating the movie is 70 per cent fiction and 30 per cent real.

"I am going to put a disclaimer. It will state that the events have been dramatised for the purpose of the film. I have been saying the film is 70 per cent fiction and 30 per cent real. So now, I need to put up a disclaimer," said Bhandarkar. He further clarified, "Let me again say 'Indu Sarkar' is about a husband and wife caught in the throes of the Emergency and it's not a political film. Due to the controversy, the real story is getting drowned.”

Bhandarkar had in fact recently received a legal notice from a woman who claims to be Sanjay Gandhi's daughter, that said that the trailer of the film was misleading in its portrayal of the late Congress leader. "I heard what she said. On earlier occasions as well, I received some legal letters from her. My lawyers had replied then. We had acknowledged it. We have replied again.”

Reacting to CBFC’s demand for 14 cuts in the movie, lead actress Kirti Kulhari said, "We don't realise that we live in an age of the Internet where everything is available online. CBFC should just give a certificate and let people take a call themselves. Give them the freedom to make their own opinion rather than giving out the version of the film which they think is good for the people," Kulhari added.

The film also stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher and Bengali actor Tota Roy Chowdhury in pivotal roles and is scheduled to release on 28th July.