Vishal Krishna: “The Cops Had Not Come To Arrest Sarkar Director”

Are  the  makers  of Sarkar trying to generate  more heat from film’s political  ramifications than required?

A few  nights  ago  the film’s director A R Murugadoss had tweeted that the cops had come knocking on his door late  at night.It was implied that the cops had  come to arrest him.

But Tamil actor-producer  Vishal Krishna  feels the cops’ intentions were  misconstrued. “I don’t think they had gone to arrestMurugadoss Sir. Why should they? Just because he has made a  film about corruption in political? Powerful strong voices need  to come  forward and speak against corruption in politics.  Films about corruption amongst the powerful and corrupt sections of our society have been made in nearly every Indian language. In Telugu Mahesh Babu did a big hit Bharat Ane Nenu some months ago . It had the same story as Sarkar of  the NRI hero taking on   the corrupt political system.”

Vishal feels Sarkar being targeted  is  a sign of  a paranoid government. “If the  film is passed by the censor board  it is good to go.Why should the government feel insecure  about criticism? Cinema is  a powerful medium of change. Unless we identify the  malpractices in public spaces how can they  be corrected?”

 Commenting on the speculation on Tamil superstar Vijay joining politics, Vishal  comments. “Just because he has  done amassy film on politics? No, I don’t think  Vijay has any political ambitions. At least not at the moment. The  day he decides  to  get active in politics he won’t need to do a film to announce his plans. He just has to take the plunge.”

Severely condemning  the cuts made in Sarkar  after  the  protests Vishal says, “They have removed a scene showing  gifts given as bribe to voters,  being burnt. But this will soon be  a reality  in India. The voter  is  no longer  naïve. Sarkar creates awareness about the right to  vote. The  government should be thankful  not insecure  about the film’s intention.Rather than focus on stopping cinema  from putting forward the corruption in politics, the Tamil Nadu government should help our film industry to nip piracy in the  bud.”