Makers of the controversial film “Nanak Shah Fakir” — which was taken off theatres after protests from various Sikh groups — on Tuesday said it would be re-released after proper alterations in the script.
The producers of the film, based on the life and teachings of the first Sikh Guru Nanak Dev, decided to withdraw the movie from cinema halls across the country and globe back in April.
“On Akal Takht’s directions, I’ve modified certain portions of the film. There are some technical issues which need to be sorted out and after that the film would be re-released,” said its producer Harinder Sikka.
Sikka said the film was selected and screened at the International Film Festival in Goa and got a lot of appreciation.
Filmmaker AK Bir, the multiple National award-winning director-cinematographer from Odisha, who has shot the film, said in the new version of the film they have used extensive VFX.
“The religious groups raised sensitive points. I feel ultimately a film survives on the support it gets from the audience. That was the challenge. We had to rework the script and it took many months to work it out. Other things have been taken care of by the VFX. The whole film is literally put through VFX,” he added.
“From the beginning the religious sects were informed about it and they approved. But in between they again came back with certain points. One of them was that we could not show the face of the person,” Bir said on the sidelines of IFFI.
WHAT DO YOU THINK: Will the movie be able to hit the big screen successfully this time?
No, not successfully.
There always will be a doubt about what was edited out by the today’s institution who
is dictating this faith.
I have seen the original movie and as a non Sikh left me wondering why the Sikhs of today are on
a different wave length to it founder.