Youth Congress demands ban on 'Parasakthi' for distorting history
The Tamil Nadu Youth Congress is asking for a ban on the new film Parasakthi, saying it misrepresents key historical events and paints the Congress party in a bad light.
Arun Bhaskar, a senior leader, pointed out scenes where former PM Indira Gandhi is shown visiting Coimbatore during the anti-Hindi agitations—a visit that never happened—and collecting signatures against Hindi.
He's demanding these scenes be cut and wants an apology from the filmmakers.
Bhaskar also objected to the film's climax, a sequence that flashes real-life photographs, for allegedly accusing the Congress of shooting and killing more than 200 Tamil people in Pollachi.
Film retells the anti-Hindi protests
Parasakthi, distributed by Red Giant Movies (founded by Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin), retells the anti-Hindi protests as historical fiction.
The Youth Congress said the film distorted historical facts and demanded cuts and an apology.