Censorship

The teaser release of Razakar movie, a period drama around events in Nizam’s Hyderabad before it acceded to the Indian Union in 1948, has stirred up a hornet’s nest on social media. The teaser of the film, which claims to be based on true stories, shows atrocities allegedly committed by Razakars against Hindus in their pursuit of spreading Islam and establishing ‘Turkistan’.

Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao (KTR) was quick to share his response. “Some intellectually bankrupt jokers of the BJP are doing their best to instigate communal violence and polarisation for their political propaganda in Telangana. We will take up the matter with the censor board and also the Telangana police to ensure that the law & order situation of Telangana is not affected,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter.