Even as thousands of Mumbaikars are trying to come to terms with grief owing to the loss of their loved ones in the recent serial attacks that occurred in Mumbai, director Ajit Varma is going to release Operation Mumbai, a movie which revolves around the life of Ajmal Kasab. He is the Pakistani terrorist who was involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks and the only attacker captured alive by police and is currently in Indian custody.
“The focus should not only be on punishing the terrorists but to unearth the minds that motivated them to commit such an inhuman and heinous massacre. These terrorists were probably brainwashed and made to believe that their cause was righteous, so they sold their souls for materialistic compensations. This is the message I want to convey through my film,” explains Varma who also plays the role of the dreaded terrorist besides doing screenplay.
The film shows the events preceding the firing at the CST Station by Kasab and other terrorists even though the director claims to have done no research for the film. The entire cast and crew of the film appeared for the press conference in New Delhi wearing black armbands to condemn the recent blasts in Mumbai and to pay their tributes to the deceased and the injured.
Even though the movie revolves around a very sensitive topic, the lack of research and funds is evident with many of the crew members themselves acting in the film. “We faced many obstacles during the production of the movie like the funds, clearance for shooting at the original sites and clearance from the censor board, etc. The release date was postponed but we are very pleased to say that we stood the test of time and present it to the audience finally,” asserts Kulwant Singh, the film's producer.
