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Director Vivek Agnihotri and Actresses Pallavi Joshi and Shweta Basu Prasad speak to the team of the India Box Office in About Their Experience The Tashkent Files, are a film that attempts to uncover the truth about the death of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri
. Box Office India (BOI): The Tashkent Records are a story about a subject that few people know. Where does this idea come from?
Vivek Agnihotri (VA): For the same reason – that many people are not aware. Every October 2, we all remember Gandhi ji but nobody remembers that our second prime minister was also born the same day. So, two or three years ago, on October 2, I tweeted that this is also Shastri's birthday ji (Lal Bahadur Shastri), let's not forget that. Many commented on this tweet saying, "Why do not you make a movie about Shashtr ji ?" The term "mysterious death" pleased me a lot.
I was writing a book. I realized that some information was presented in different ways on this subject. Then I realized that if I wanted to make a movie about it, I would have to authenticate all the information. Thus, for almost a year, we became alert launchers and we filed ITRs. Finally, we received only one answer: "We have no information about Shastri ji no documents".
I was taken aback. After all, he was the second Indian prime minister. I thought that there had to be a logbook about all the people he had met or a log of his health. Still, there seemed to be nothing. It was then that Pallavi and I realized that this was a serious problem. The premise was that I said we had no right to the truth. Anything can happen and you will never know the truth about it. You will never know the truth behind scams, scandals or political murders. We decided to make this film on the "right to the truth" and it should start with our Prime Minister. If you do not know the truth about him, how will you know the truth about anything else?
BOI: What kind of research was used to make this film?
VA: When we realized we had not made progress, I published a video saying that I wanted to do research from multiple sources. People said, "People are funding a lot of sources but what is it?" They thought it was a joke; only, it was not the case. I thought so because I wanted to know. And that's what people, scientists, researchers from various disciplines do, and the government has often done. But the film industry has never used it. I knew that if you approach politicians, you will get information based on prejudice or prejudice. If I had employed researchers from the film industry, they would not have been able to handle the policy.
But when information and research material began to arrive from the public, it even opened my eyes because some of the information I got was not available at all. go elsewhere. They also led me to people, authorities and agencies where I could get more information. For example, KGB papers and secret CIA papers, which I did not know and which I would not have done in this direction for my research. There are books that are popular about the death of Shastri ji . This is how the research was conducted.
BOI: Shweta and Pallavi, your characters in the movie seem very strong and intriguing. Can you tell us a little more?
Pallavi Joshi (PJ): I think Shweta should begin. She carries the film on her shoulders.
Shweta Basu Prasad (SBP): Thank you, ma'am. My character is Raagini Phule. A novice journalist, she begins as a very ambitious girl who collects scandals, eye – catching headlines, fake news and stories and fabricated statements because she thinks it 's the only thing she' s going to do. will help to climb the ladder. She falls on the Tashkent records and speaks of the mysterious death of our former Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and . She begins to research her death and discovers in this process the mystery.
If you watched the trailer, you will see that she becomes obsessed with it. Finally, she realizes that every citizen has a fundamental right to the truth and that is what it becomes for her. Raagini Phule represents for me the fourth area of democracy, namely the media. It's also an ode to a hardworking and honest journalist because it's not a very easy profession.
PJ: I play a historian in the film. She calls Ayisha Ali Shah. It's an intellectual who has written many books and his is the last word in history. She is a recipient of Padma Shri, so she comes from a certain background and has a lot of luggage. She has a lot of rights and she is also disabled because she is in a wheelchair. So, I guess that brings out some frustration from the inside. She constantly makes fun of people and thinks she is God's gift to this world (laughs). I had fun playing this character because, thanks to the face that God gave me, I always played characters as sweet as achhi bhali ladki, achhi maa, achhi beti …
SBP: Can you believe that such a pleasant and smiling face is not allowed to smile in the movie? (Everyone laughs)
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