Film on Nirbhaya gang rape to premiere on International Women’s Day

[Thakur]

NEW DELHI: The India-United King co-production India’s Daughter, which is based on the gruesome Nirbhaya incident of December 2012, will be telecast in a world premiere simultaneously in India, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and Canada.
 
NDTV 24x7 will telecast of the interview-based documentary in India on International Women's Day - 8 March at 9.00 pm. 
  
India’s Daughter tells the story of the horrific Delhi gang rape and of the unprecedented protests and riots, which this horrific event ignited throughout India, demanding changes in attitudes towards women.
 
Director-producer Leslee Udwin said in a press meet today, “When news of this gang-rape hit our TV screens in December 2012, I was as shocked and upset as we all are when faced with such brazen abandon of the norms of ‘civilised’ society. But what actually inspired me to commit to the harrowing and difficult journey of making this film was the optimism occasioned by the reports that followed the rape. Courageous and impassioned ordinary men and women of India braved the December freeze to protest in unprecedented numbers, withstanding an onslaught of teargas shells, lathi charges and water canons, to make their cry of ‘enough is enough’ heard. In this regard, India led the world by example – and I love India for this. In my lifetime, I can’t recall any other country standing up with such commitment and determination for women’s rights.”
 
With exclusive and unprecedented access, the film examines the values and mind-sets of the rapists. Udwin told indiantelevision.com that the message of the film was that the time had come to respect women and not just treat them well. She was hoping for a sea-change.
 
The film took her two years to make. She conducted interviews that ran into 87 hours of filming but then reduced the film to just 26 interviews.


http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/film-on-nirbhaya-gang-rape-to-premiere-on-international-women-s-day-150303

 

[gappa]

Fir launched against it.i don't think it will on air

 

[SarFa]

WhO launched FIR :huh

 

[Prateek Marwadi]

WhO launched FIR :huh

for national integrity, these shows shud not come to air.
this is something which is totally unacceptable.
we all know what is nirbhaya kaand n what this film is all about.
then what is the need of these things?????

 

[sagar.patnaik]

its a documentry filmed by BBC. It should not be aired. This film gives a platform to rapist to justify rape. The rapist gives the graphic detail on how he raped, why he raped. He also says its the girls fault she deserved to be raped. He says what girls should do to avoid rapes and avoid getting killed. This is absolutely poor standard of journalism insulting publicly to the girl and her family. BBC should stop this.

 

[ABCDEFGH]

The interview of one of the convicts of Nirbhaya's gang rape and murder for a documentary by a British filmmaker snowballed into a huge controversy on Tuesday.

The government has taken a serious view of the matter and sought an explanation from Tihar Jail authorities who allowed the interview. The Delhi Police registered a case under Section 509 (outraging the modesty of women) and Section 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of trust) of the Indian Penal code.

Delhi Police chief BS Bassi said, "We urge the Indian media not to show it. Police moving chief metropolitan magistrate's court today to seek restrain from airing of the show."

The parents of the December 16, 2012 gang-rape victim reacted angrily to the remarks made by Mukesh Singh in the interview where he seeks to blame their daughter for the horrific incident, calling it shameful and demanded he be hanged. The filmmaker Leslee Udwin on her part said the film is her attempt to examine the attitude of men towards women and that there was nothing sensational in it.

Udwin also claimed she took permission from the then director general of Tihar Jail Vimla Mehra before interviewing Mukesh in the prison for BBC.

Taking the incident of the convict being interviewed in custody very "seriously", home minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Tihar Jail director general Alok Kumar Verma and sought a detailed report on it urgently, official sources said.




During the telephonic conversation, the DG briefed the home minister about the incident and the action taken so far, the sources said.

In the interview, Mukesh, who was awarded death sentence for the brutal rape and murder of the 23-year-old Nirbhaya, said the women who went out at night had only themselves to blame if they attracted the attention of gangs of male molesters.



"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy," he had said.

Mukesh also said that had the girl and her friend not tried to fight back, the gang would not have inflicted the savage beating, which led to her death later.

Describing the killing as an "accident", he had said, "When being raped, she shouldn't fight back. She should just be silent and allow the rape. Then they'd have dropped her off after 'doing her', and only hit the boy." 'India's Daughter' tells the story of the Delhi gangrape incident from the perspective of the convicts and victim's parents, Udwin claimed.

The filmmaker asked people not to have pre-conceived notion about the movie, which will premiere in India on March 8 on NDTV.

"The film ends with global statistics around the world, country by country. Rape is not an Indian problem. It's a global problem," she told reporters.

As a controversy arose over permission given to interview Mukesh in Tihar Jail, she said, "I wrote a letter to DG of Tihar. The DG of Tihar had to consult with MHA. The letter basically stated that it was a campaigning film. I had applied permission in May 2013 and I got the answer 'yes' in two weeks. Official permission of MHA also came. Permission from the prison was also signed."

Huge row over interview of Nirbhaya’s rapist, Delhi Police register case - The Times of India

 

[Prateek Marwadi]

@ sagar : i also knew the same thing but i dint want to write it here. well said bro.
i think india n indians cannot b changed. a girl is being raped in every 13 minutes in india.
n people made this show/movie/documentary but 4 what?
provocation or provoke ???

 

[sagar.patnaik]

@ sagar : i also knew the same thing but i dint want to write it here. well said bro.
i think india n indians cannot b changed. a girl is being raped in every 13 minutes in india.
n people made this show/movie/documentary but 4 what?
provocation or provoke ???

BBC has lost its mind, tomorrow they ll call ISIS terrorists to tell how they cut the heads of people and why they love to cut the heads.

 

[Prateek Marwadi]

BBC has lost its mind, tomorrow they ll call ISIS terrorists to tell how they cut the heads of people and why they love to cut the heads.

bro.. they r justifying the act of beheading the people
they said isis beheaded the people which is right
they also said what boko haram is doing is right

 

[supermachi]

show has been banned in india