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Allegations of distortion of history in Jaya-Nawazuddin’s web series

Recently, it was reported that Bangladeshi actress Jaya Ahsan will be starring alongside Bollywood’s Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a political story-based web series based on Indian director Sayantan Mukherjee. However, Abhijit Majumder, son of revolutionary Charu Majumder, has alleged that history has been ‘distorted’ in this web series.

Jaya will be seen in the role of Leela Majumdar, the wife of revolutionary Charu Majumdar in that web series, Abhijit Majumder has complained that the character is imaginary.

Jaya will be seen in the role of Leela Majumdar, the wife of revolutionary Charu Majumdar in that web series, Abhijit Majumder has complained that the character is imaginary.

It is learned that the web series will be set against the backdrop of the 1967 Naxalbari movement. The series will be made in Bengali, Hindi and English based on the novel ‘Sada Ami Kalo Ami’ written by the then controversial police officer Runu Guha Niyogi.

Allegations of distortion of history in Jaya-Nawazuddin's web series

Nawaz will play the role of renowned revolutionary Charu Majumdar and Jaya will play the role of his wife Leela Majumdar, said director Sayantan.

Abhijit Majumder complained that ‘Sada Ami Kalo Ami’ is a perverted book, here Runu Guha recruit wrote about how he bravely arrested Charu Babu and killed him in virtually cold head by stopping all his drugs in jail. Just the way Stan’s husband was murdered at the present time. A Bengali director but there are more than 100 books about Naxal house in Bengali alone. Leaving them behind, he is making a web series based on a very inedible, devoid of literary quality. ‘

Besides, there is no reference to Charu Majumdar’s wife in the book written by Runu Guha Niyogi. However, he complained that his character in the web series was completely imagined.

He added, ‘There was a lot of controversy after the publication of this book by the controversial police officer. Later, on the initiative of many social workers, a book titled ‘Isada Runu, Kalo Runu’ was published. There is controversy surrounding the Naxal movement in the political history of Bengal. The conscious community thinks that this web series will further provoke that controversy. ‘

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