CHENNAI :Inspired by LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, ace filmmaker K Bharathiraja will make a film on the Sri Lankan conflict highlighting the plight of Tamils caught in the war.
“The film will focus on the role of LTTE... against the Sinhala regime,” Bharathiraja told The New Indian Express. The maker of superhits said the script is yet to be finalised and that he would be using fresh faces for the film.
“The film will also highlight ... the UPA government’s role in failing to end the war.” Bharathiraja revealed that the idea for the film took shape after he met with LTTE chief Prabhakaran during the ceasefire between 2001 and 2006.
He recalled how Prabhakaran had encouraged him to make a film based on Sri Lankan Tamils.
“He had assured me of all help, including the assistance of ‘boys’ for making the film.
“Somehow it did not take off.
But now I’m determined to make it,’’ he said.
MDMK leader Vaiko recently asked Bharathiraja to make a film on Lankan Tamils for “future generations”. Vaiko said he along with his party workers would sell the film CDs if there were to be a ban on the movie.
Director Seeman wondered whether the government would allow Bharathiraja to make the film. “The government is treating everything dealing with the Sri Lankan Tamils as anti-national,’’ he said.