The Maharashtra Congress on Monday urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to ban the film “Why I Killed Gandhi”, set to release on various OTT platforms on January 30, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. Similarly, the All India Cine Workers Association (AICWA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a total ban on the film, which ‘seeks to glorify Gandhiji’s assassin Nathuram Godse, and its exhibition would shock the people’.Gandhiji is someone who is admired by entire INDIA and the world, Gandhiji’s Ideology is a symbol of Love and Sacrifice for each and every Indian,” the letter reads.
The film features Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Amol Kolhe in the role of Godse, sparking friction among the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi allies Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress since the past few days.
Nathuram Godse is (the Traitor and Assassin of Gandhiji) doesn’t deserve an inch of respect by anyone in this country, the actor who played the role of Nathuram Godse (the traitor and the killer of Gandhiji) is a sitting MP in Lok Sabha and is under the oath of Indian Constitution, if this movie releases the entire nation will be shocked and devastated by the display of the heinous crime which occurred on January 30, 1948,” it said.
It further said that India has never forgotten and will never forget the contribution of Mahatma Gandhiji towards this democratic nation.”On behalf of the entire nation and all the movie associations, we are demanding that ‘Why I Killed Gandhi’ has to be Banned from the release on the OTT platform,” the association added.
Amol Kolhe was previously in Shiv Sena and a leading Marathi actor since 2008 and has acted in many period movies and played many roles of historic figures like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.Kolhe joined Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 2019 and defeated Sena’s Shivajirao Adhalarao Patil in the Shirur Lok Sabha election.
