Monday, May 17, 2021

Karnan - Movie

 2021. Mari Selvaraj. Based on the 1995  Kodiankulam incident when 600 policemen raided the all Dalit village of 257 households which were getting educated and prospering thanks  to their children working abroad. In retaliation of their assertion and based on provocation of upper caste officials, the police, in a raid that lasted 5 hours destroyed all material property, sole cash, gold worth lakhs of rupees, burned documents, harassed women, assaulted elders. A one man commission found no evidence of police excess.

Karnan is loosely based on this incident. I love the way the Tamil directors make these movies based on real life incidents.


   

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