Ektaa Kapoor Responds to PM Modi’s Praise for ‘The Sabarmati Report’

Producer Ektaa Kapoor, whose film The Sabarmati Report is releasing in cinemas, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he appreciated her film.

On Sunday, the producer took to her Instagram and shared a screenshot of the PM's tweet. She even wrote a note in the caption.

She wrote in Hindi, "Respected Prime Minister, thank you very much for your positive words on #TheSabarmatiReport. Your appreciation on #TheSabarmatiReport proves that we are on the right track. And thank you for love and support! History witnesses that whether it is a country or a man, it is only by falling. No matter how long the cycle of lies, the truth changes it.

Based on the burning of the Sabarmati Express train, The Sabarmati Report is a film that dwells on this incident of tragedy that occurred on February 27, 2002, where a mob set fire to the S6 coach of the Sabarmati Express near the Godhra railway station in Gujarat. Here, the actor is a Hindi journalist, who stands up for the system because he wants the truth to be covered in the reportage.

Earlier, Vikrant Massey, who plays a Hindi journalist in the film, spoke about the responsibility of the media in bringing out the truth.

The actor said, "All the news channels today are competing with each other not with regards to their reportage but for their ratings. Everybody claims to be number one. That is why perhaps you will find a fact-checking department in every media organisation."

The more information it is, the more misinformation there is. Why I call it a double-edged sword, and I do not blame those sensational news channels either, is because people want to see it. There is demand for it. It is a simple law of demand and supply.

Produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ektaa R Kapoor, Amul V Mohan, and Anshul Mohan, The Sabarmati Report is presented by Balaji Motion Pictures, Vikir Films.