Forthcoming historical thriller 31st October starring Vir
Das and Soha Ali Khan, which revolved around the aftermath of the assassination
of the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, has now finally been green lit
by the Censor Board after a delay of four months.
Approving the news, writer-producer Harry Sachdeva told, “We
had to make certain modifications to the script without affecting the
authenticity of the cinematic projection. It took time but we were eventually
able to convince the Censor Board to retain the scenes which brought out the
realism of the story and which were important to the narrative. There's a
reason for bringing this subject to the screen and justice needs to be done to
the subject as the movie is about undying human spirit and does not seek to
make any political statements.” Sachdeva further added that they had to make
nine major cuts that the Censor Board had suggested to the movie.
Set in Delhi, 31st October is the most realistic depiction
of the incident and the story of a Sikh family, which gets trapped in a
riot-affected part of the Capital after Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her
Sikh bodyguards, which leads to savage anti-Sikh riots. The movie, an edge-of-the-seat
thriller about a family, which battles all odds for survival, was praised for
being gritty, thrilling and heart-rending at various foreign film festivals.
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