Fighting for revolution is not exactly as romantic as wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt and flaunting it in colleges, Sanjay Kak, director of Red Ant Dream observed.
The documentary on Maoists and other revolutionary ideas persisting in India may seem romantic for afar, but in reality it is quite the opposite, Kak said here today.
“Maybe not a single Maoist has ever worn a Che Guevara T-shirt. The realities at the grassroots are different,” he says briefly, while his documentary elaborates about the people fighting for different causes in India.
The documentary films the peasants’ movement in Punjab, the Maoists in Bastar, Chattisgarh and villagers in Niyamgiri Hills, Odisha and tries to connect the different ideas behind these movements – some may interpretate the ideas as radical, just as the Meghalaya police did.
In fact, the documentary was not allowed to be screened here at the Indie8 film festival by the police for its “radical” ideas, but Kak is okay with it as it got free publicity.
“Earlier, a few college students would have seen it now a larger audience wants to see the documentary just because of the police’s action,” he said.
On his experience filming the documentary, Kak says he just shot, but is amazed that so many revolutionary ideas still persists in India, which he wants to show to the audiences.
“I just shot for the movie and at the end people would see and interpret their own way, some may connect with the ideas, others would reject it, that how it’s with films,” he said.
In Punjab the documentary shows the peasants’ movements and they take inspiration from Bhagat Singh. In Bastar region, the fight is against the administration, as the people want their rights over their land and have taken up arms.
On the other hand in Niyamgiri, the villagers are fighting against the mining industry. “Every movement is different from the other, but somehow they seem connected,” Kak says.
Meanwhile, after screening the documentary at the Youth centre for the public, the director would move on to Guwahati where it would be screened in two venues.
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