[Reader-list] Now Showing at Chor Minar: Godhra Tak

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Godhra Tak: the Terror Trail

A film by Shubhradeep Chakravorty

2003 | 62 mins | English 


SRUTI, Q1, First floor, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Meera Chaudhary.




Synopsis:

Godhra Tak is an investigative documentation of events that transpired on 27th Feb 2002, in which coach S6 of Sabarmati Express was burnt down at Godhra railway station in Gujarat, India. 


Fifty-nine passengers including several Karsevaks died in that fire. 


The film tries to find out what actually happened at Godhra railway station on that day and how far the allegation of a conspiracy is true. 


This incident was used to start anti Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002. 


U C Banerjee Commsission was said to be set up to probe the carnage after the then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was convinced with the findings of the film.


Next screening on 29th January 2015: Kumar Talkies by Pankaj Rishi Kumar