Popular Culture
T. V. Chandran made a trilogy of films based on the aftermaths of Gujarat riots. The trilogy consists of Kathavasheshan (2004), Vilapangalkkappuram (2008) and Bhoomiyude Avakashikal (2012). The narrative of all these films begin on the same day, 28 February 2002, that is, on the day after the Godhra train burning. The protagonist of Kathavasheshan, after reading about the violent incidents that occurred during the riots, decides to commit suicide, "out of shame of being alive in India after Gujarat". The protagonist in Vilapangalkkappuram runs away from Gujarat on the same day after her family members are murdered, to seek refuge somewhere else. Bhoomiyude Avakashikal is about a Malayali youth who is driven away from Ahmadabad following the riots and who eventually loses his job and even his identity only to land up somewhere in Kerala where he lives in a Basheerian abode conversing with insects and animals.
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