Parasakthi director Sudha Kongara breaks silence after facing backlash from Tamil Nadu Youth Congress

Sudha Kongara

Reacting to the criticism that she had maligned leaders of the Congress in her recently released film Parasakthi, director Sudha Kongara opened up on how she had shown Congress leaders to be extremely positive leaders. She also highlighted that her film showed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as one of the greatest leaders ever. This comes after the film was criticised by the Tamil Nadu Youth Congress, who also sought a ban on the film.

Sudha Kongara reacts to criticism from Tamil Nadu Youth Congress

Responding to the controversy, Sudha Kongara told IANS, "Not at all. Can there be a greater leader than Nehru who comes and says, 'I want to allay your fears, I want to tell you, do not fear. Till my brothers from the south (the non-Hindi speaking states) say 'yes', Hindi will not become the sole official language.' He promises. The protagonist actually tells one Hindi-speaking person, the loco pilot, saying that Panditji had promised us in the Parliament and he's not going to go back on his words and that's exactly how they lived and how he was such a great leader. People believed him."

The director further added, "Then you show Mrs Gandhi. Who in this world can actually go and meet a leader of that stature? People are trying to stop her. People who actually misled her. She actually says stop when they're trying to pull him (the protagonist) away. She says 'Stop!' and she listens to him. She's having a dialogue with him and how much better can a democratic leader be than this? She's great and I've shown her as one of the greatest leaders ever."

"I have the utmost respect for Mrs Gandhi, Mr Nehru, and I have shown them as extremely positive leaders who came down here who actually were democratic. They were not dictatorial," the director shared.

Tamil Nadu Youth Congress sought a ban on the film

For the unversed, the Tamil Nadu Youth Congress sought a ban on Sivakarthikeyan starrer Tamil film Parasakthi on Tuesday. They claimed that the movie deliberately distorted historical facts and maligned the Indian National Congress (INC) and its leaders.

In a strongly worded statement, Arun Bhaskar, the state senior vice president for Tamil Nadu Youth Congress, pointed out that the film contains "fabricated" facts and events which spread misinformation about the Congress party and former national leaders.