Sypnosis : The film larger issue revolves around the topic of Love Jihad and it’s apparent that it makes a strong case that it’s an evil and surely an attempt should be made to curb this practice.
Director : Mr.Vinod Tiwari
Casting: Vindhya Tiwari, Pradeep Shukla, Ravi Bhatia, Manoj Joshi.
Plot Summary:
A film that is a captivating drama depicting a girls dilemma of what happens in an inter faith marriage that results in religious conversion or love jihad.
A Hindu girl is trapped in love by a Muslim boy. The girl comes to know that he is a Muslim at the time of court marriage ; when his name is announced as Babloo Iqbal Sheikh. The girl is shocked and refuses to marry him but the Muslim chap manipulates her to marry him. The Hindu girl goes against her parents wishes and gets married to him. The boys side first of all change her name; force her to read namaaz; become a Muslim and wear a burqa. The boy had promised to let her have the same Hindu name and follow her own religion yet he goes back on his words.
She is forced to sleep with her father in law for Halala ad her husband gives her talak , in anger.He will remarry her after Halala. The protagonist of the film Sakshi is tied up with a rope so that she can’t run away. Hell breaks lose on the girl .
The boy Babloo’s grandmother helps the girl run away .With great difficulty her parents pardon her and she is helped by her classmate Dev and his father to become a “pravakta’ or speaker who saves hundreds of girls from becoming victims of love jihad .The boys family is given a lot of money for converting a Hindu girl into a Muslim fold.The girl is beaten and treated very badly .
In the end the boy tries to fool the girl by calling her to take the divorce papers.He tries to kill her with a pistol. The girl luckily is saved and she kills Babloo instead. The boy was told to killthe girl byhis religious heads as she was a threat to their religion. She was awakening the Hindus and asking them not to become victims of LOVE JIHAD.
Is it wrong to follow one’s own religion and be proud of it ?
This is a movie that explores the sensitive topic of religious conversion; touches the raw nerves and shakes our conscience.Shot in the mesmerizing ghats of Banaras it is a must watch.
Published by: ifa zamzami
