‘1st Film I Watched After Becoming PM’


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Vikrant
Massey/Instagram

Vikrant
Massey
described
attending
the
screening
of

The
Sabarmati
Report

with
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
as
the
‘highest
point’
of
his
career,
which
he
hinted
is


coming
to
an
end
.

The
screening,
held
at
the
Balyogi
auditorium
in
Parliament
on
Monday,
was
attended
by
Modi,
Union
Home
Minister
Amit
A
Shah,
Defence
Minister
Rajnath
Singh
and
other
MPs.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Vikrant
Massey/Instagram

After
the
screening,
Vikrant
shared
his
experience
with
the
media,
saying,
“I
watched
the
film
with
the
prime
minister,
all
Cabinet
ministers,
and
many
MPs.
It
was
a
special
experience.
I
still
can’t
fully
express
it
in
words
because
I
am
so
happy.
This
is
the
highest
point
of
my
career,
that
I
got
to
watch
my
film
with
the
prime
minister.”

The
film’s
leading
lady
Raashii
Khanna
adds,
“We
have
watched
the
movie
a
number
of
times,
but
today
was
very
special
as
we
got
to
watch
it
with
the
prime
minister.
It’s
a
surreal
feeling,
a
high
point
in
my
career.
The
film
has
been
made
tax-free
in
many
states
and
other
states
are
also
on
the
path
of
making
it
tax-free.
I
hope
people
watch
it
in
large
numbers.”

The
film
has
been
directed
by
Dheeraj
Sarna
and
produced
by
Ektaa
Kapoor.

Ektaa’s
father
movie
veteran
Jeetendra
was
present
at
the
screening
and
he
said,
“I
told
PM
Modi
that
I
have
spent
50
years
in
the
film
industry
and
for
the
first
time,
because
of
my
daughter,
I
have
watched
a
movie
with
a
prime
minister.
PM
Modi
told
me
that
I
am
also
watching
the
first
film
after
becoming
the
prime
minister.”


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Vikrant
Massey/Instagram


The
Sabarmati
Report

is
based
on
the
tragic
burning
of
the
S-6
coach
of
the
Sabarmati
Express
near
Godhra
station
in
Gujarat
on
February
27,
2002.

 


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Vikrant
Massey/Instagram

After
the
screening,
Modi
posted
on
X,
‘Joined
fellow
NDA
MPs
at
a
screening
of

The
Sabarmati
Report
.
I
commend
the
makers
of
the
film
for
their
effort.’


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Vikrant
Massey/Instagram

The
film
has
got
a
thumbs
up
from
Kangana
Ranaut,
the
Mandi
MP,
as
she
writes,
‘It
is
a
very
important
film…
the
previous
government
hid
facts
from
the
people.
The
film
shows
how
people
played
politics
in
such
a
grave
situation
back
then.’

The
film
has
been
declared
tax-free
in
several
states,
including
Uttar
Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh,
Madhya
Pradesh,
Uttarakhand,
Odisha,
Haryana,
Gujarat
and
Rajasthan.