Madhur Bhandarkar is known for making thought provoking films, such as Fashion and Heroine so you know that whatever he’s working on next will have a socio-cultural theme in it. His upcoming film, Indu Sarkar, is a fictional account of the Emergency period of 1975-1977 through the eyes of a citizen.
Madhur Bhandarkar is known for making thought provoking films, such as Fashion and Heroine so you know that whatever he’s working on next will have a socio-cultural theme in it. His upcoming film, Indu Sarkar, is a fictional account of the Emergency period of 1975-1977 through the eyes of a citizen. This time round, the filmmaker had to struggle for weeks before getting a clearance certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
However, while the worst is over now, Bhandarkar is miffed with Bollywood for not standing with him during a difficult time. “It feels really sad that I as a filmmaker always stood with the film fraternity - whether it was regarding Udta Punjab or Ae Dil Hai Mushkil or any other film... But they must have had their own problems. That’s why you get angry when you see such selective activism,” Bhandarkar said at a press conference.
“Today what has happened to me, might happen with somebody else tomorrow,” he continued. “So, if you will support people as per your convenience, that won’t work. Really this has saddened me as I wanted the film fraternity to come on a stage or tweet about this film, but that didn’t happen,” Bhandarkar concluded.
