RSS extends support to Malayalam film 'Malabar Hindu Genocide', hits Kerala censor board for recommending several cuts

After Kerala Censor Board recommends several cuts in the upcoming Malayalam 'Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare’, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has extended its support for the movie which is based on Malabar Hindu Genocide.

Taking to Twitter, RSS leader J Nandakumar has backed director Ali Akbar, stating it’s a gross injustice to ask the filmmaker to delete references to historical events from a period drama.

 

 

This comes after Ali Akbar, who changed his name to Ramasimhan Aboobakker after reconverting to Hinduism, has expressed disappointment over CBFC’s move to order several cuts in the period film. He alleged that the cuts would amount to whitewashing the brutality that was witnessed and experienced by Hindus during the Malabar Genocide of Hindus by Moplah Muslims.

 

Reacting to that, Nandakumar pointed out that in the part the Kerala wing of the Censor Board of Film Certification has cleared many films that sought to divide the society on communal and caste grounds.

 

 

 

“Censor Board Kerala has approved a hell of a lot of feature films promoting social communalism and racism that seek to divide society into the lines of caste. It has certified films like JanaGanaMana and Puzhu, which pushed the Islamist narrative of Indian democracy & Hindu society. During the tenure of the present Censor Board Kerala regional officer, a slew of anti-national, seditious and communal movies managed to get certification without 'censoring',” the RSS leader tweeted.

“JanaGanaMana, which contains seditious remarks about Govt and Constitution got a certificate. How? JanaGanaMana says 'Not only notes but even votes will also be banned in India!',” he added.

 

Nandakumar alleged that a majority of the films made and released in Kerala have a political purpose and are the handiworks of either Islamists or Communists who want to divide society. He said such movies contain malicious and disgusting remarks against the BJP and the Centre.

 

 

 

“The same regional board has rejected certification for ‘Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare’, a movie based on Malabar Hindu Genocide. It's a gross injustice to ask a director to remove historical references from a period film. Each incident featured in the movie is well recorded in history,” the RSS leader said further.

 

He further alleged that the cuts in the movie have been ordered thanks to the petty politics of certain officials who act like cardholding members of the ruling CPI(M). The political patrons of the CPI(M) also are to be blamed for this, he added.

 

The Kerala Censor Board has refused to give certification to the film and it referred the movie to CBFC for a Revising Committee review. The film director also suspects the role of the PFI in delaying the issuance of certification for the movie.