Accident or Conspiracy : Godhra actor Hitu Kanodia talk to media in Ahmedabad at movie promotion
Accident or Conspiracy : Godhra actor Hitu Kanodia talk to media in Ahmedabad at movie promotion
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00:00On 19th July, our film Accident of Conspiracy is releasing in 6 different languages.
00:26It is a Hindi film in which Ganesh Chaudhary, Manoj Joshi, Mehenitu Kanodia, Renisha Goongra, Akshita, M.M.Shivaksh
00:38All of them have tried, not as an actor, but by entering into that character, in reality,
00:51the way people talk about Godra Kaand, what happened during that time?
00:59During the Nanavati Mehta Commission, we have picturised the arguments between the lawyers and the judge.
01:15So, our involvement with this project, not as actors, but as humans, I could say that.
01:26There is a difference between Godra Kaand and Gujarat riots.
01:34So, by differentiating that, we have made this film. 59 people were burnt alive in the train.
01:44This film was based on them, their family's condition, and how the case went to court.
01:53This was done with a very good research by the director himself, M.M.Shivaksh.
02:00For years, he did this research. He went to different places, met people, families.
02:08After talking to everyone, this film's story and screenplay was written.
02:14With a good heart, we have tried to make this film.
02:24We are not trying to target a particular community or a particular thing.
02:31We are trying to make a good film.
02:35And that's why we have kept the title, Accident or Conspiracy.
02:39So that it remains open for the audience to understand and judge whatever way they want to.
02:47And that's how it has been. This is how the film has been done.
02:55What special preparation you had done for this film?
03:00As an actor, I didn't need to prepare a lot.
03:05But I had to get into the depth of the person whose family is burnt alive.
03:13A wife or a 10-year-old child. What pain will they feel?
03:18What will be their condition? And what will be in their mind for years?
03:23It was an inner thing where I went deep inside.
03:31With the help of our director M.K. Shivaksh, he guided me very well.
03:38He is a young, dashing, vibrant director who speaks less.
03:46But he is very confident in his work and with his research.
03:51So what exactly is the message? A social message must be there for the people.
03:57That's for the public to judge. According to me, the director is the right person to answer that.
04:04But according to me, it is for the public to judge.
04:07Whatever we have heard and seen during the research, we have seen it.
04:16And it's open for the people and the media to judge and comment accordingly.
04:21Okay. Thank you.
04:45Our entire team spent 5 years researching day and night.
04:50We met people from all walks of life.
04:53We met everyone.
04:55We met the people who were inside the train.
04:58We met their families.
05:00And we tried to keep their story as honest as possible.
05:07I hope you will like it when you watch the film.
05:12You can feel how big the event was.
05:18Was the shoot at the real place?
05:21We had set up in Hyderabad Ramuji.
05:28It was very difficult to meet the real people.
05:30So we had to set up.
05:34It was a big event.
05:36And the Ram Mandir project was going on for some days.
05:39What was its root?
05:41I think this subject should have been discussed earlier.
05:46Because after such a big event, it was discussed in a wrong way.
05:50Gujarat is seen in a very different way in India.
05:55They don't know about pre-Gudra and post-Gudra.
06:01They talk about the Gudra riots.
06:04But they don't know the root.
06:06What exactly happened?
06:08Many people didn't know.
06:10Even our team didn't know.
06:12They only know about the Gujarat riots.
06:16This truth should have come earlier.
06:19Today it is too late.
06:23Are you picturizing the incident thoroughly in your film?
06:27Yes.
06:29Text free for this film?
06:31Yes. I want the film to be text free in the whole country.
06:35It is very important for everyone to know this truth.
06:38So that everyone knows about it.
06:41So that everyone knows what happened.
06:43It took us 5 years.
06:47Day and night.
06:49Election commission board.
06:51We faced many problems with this film.
06:53And today we have finally reached here.
06:57It was not an easy journey.
06:59It has been very difficult for the producer and director.
07:05They faced many problems with the censor board.
07:10Like I said earlier, the release was late.
07:13So we are going to do it earlier.
07:15There was a film called Parzania.
07:17This was also a Gudra riot.
07:19You must be knowing. Sarika had worked in that.
07:21And now this is another one.
07:23What will be the difference between this and that?
07:25It is based on facts.
07:27This is not a story.
07:29When we went to the censor board,
07:31they asked for proof for every scene and dialogue.
07:35Like I said, we met Nanavati Mehta commission and SIT.
07:39We tried to show the facts.
07:43We tried to present their real stories.
07:47When we were screening in Gudra yesterday,
07:50the victims were very close to Sarika.
07:56This is a cultural drama with facts.
07:59You will like it.
08:01Everyone should watch it.
08:05And it should be tax free.
08:07Especially for the Gujaratis.
08:09All the best.
08:11We were very disappointed for a long time.
08:21We were like...
08:23We were finished.
08:25What is this?
08:27It was a shock for the whole world.
08:29Especially for those connected to Gujarat.
08:33This incident was a big hit.
08:37We were very sad during that time.
08:41And then performing that same thing.
08:45All those thoughts and incidents.
08:49As time goes by, we tend to forget.
08:53But once again, getting into it.
08:55It was very cruel.
08:57It was difficult as well.
08:59How old were you at that time?
09:01And then you were allowed to picture it.
09:03What exactly were you feeling?
09:07There are two answers.
09:09First, I always feel I am 18.
09:13So I will always be 18.
09:15I will always be 18.
09:17But it was 20-22 years ago.
09:23So the maturity level increases.
09:27The thought process changes.
09:29The aggression changes as you age.
09:37So the character matures as you age.
09:41But I feel the film will be a bit moody.
09:45So we were allowed to release it before the elections.
09:49The censor board...
09:51It took time.
09:53They must have been shocked.
09:55To get the censor certificate for this film.
09:57And they have given us that certificate.
09:59So basically,
10:01If you had asked the same question,
10:03It would have come before the elections.
10:05But it didn't.
10:07So I had to go deep into my character.