Filmmaker
Madhur
Bhandarkar,
whose
Indu
Sarkar
hit
the
theatres
on
Friday
(28th
July)
after
battling
censorship
hassles,
says
the
last
couple
of
days
have
been
very
much
traumatising
for
him.
"I
am
really
happy...
The
last
10-12
days
have
been
traumatising.
I
had
to
struggle
so
much
--
from
High
Court
to
Supreme
Court,
I
went
everywhere...
And
finally
the
film
is
releasing.
So
I
am
quite
happy," the
National
Award
winner
said.
The
movie
was
embroiled
in
controversies
--
from
facing
demands
by
the
censor
board
as
the
movie
is
based
on
the
Emergency
era,
and
criticism
from
the
Congress
party
which
termed
it
as
an
attempt
to
tarnish
the
image
of
former
Prime
Minister
Indira
Gandhi
and
her
son
Sanjay
Gandhi.
Finally,
the
movie
released
with
2
cuts,
1
disclaimer
and
some
beeps.
Indu
Sarkar
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Review
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Nitin
Mukesh
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Kirti
Kulhari
|
Anupam
Kher
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"I
am
happy
about
the
cuts.
When
Revising
Committee
saw
the
film,
they
liked
it
a
lot.
So
after
the
cuts,
the
essence
of
the
film
is
still
intact.
Two
small
cuts,
two
small
beeps
and
one
disclaimer...
rest
of
the
suggested
cuts
are
still
in
the
movie.
So,
I
am
pretty
happy
about
it,"
Bhandarkar
added.
"Indu
Sarkar"
is
a
fictional
account
set
in
the
Emergency
period
of
1975-1977,
through
the
eyes
of
a
citizen,
played
by
actress
Kirti
Kulhari,
who
witnesses
the
tough
21
months.
The
Pink
actress
expressed
that
without
Bhandarkar's
grit,
the
movie
would
not
have
released.
"I
am
a
little
nervous
about
the
film
but
we've
come
so
far,
I
am
really
happy
about
it.
I
would
like
to
thank
Madhur
Bhandarkar,
without
him...
I
don't
think
the
movie
would
have
released."
The
cast
includes
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh,
Supriya
Vinod
and
Anupam
Kher.
Anupam
also
congratulated
Bhandarkar
for
his
"courage
and
craft"
as
a
filmmaker.