Kalapani Movie Strike Indian Expansionism
Kalapani- a cinematic exploration of the Nepali territories under the illegal occupation by the expansionist India in some 80 different places along the Nepal-India border faced a serious jolt when the Movie crew was stopped by the Indian Border Security forces in Kalapani to shoot the film in the annexed area.
The Kalapani-Limpiyadhura area with 372 sq km (37,800 hectares) is the largest chunk of Nepali territory gulped by India .
The Kalapani encroachment began immediately after the India-China border war ended in November 1962. After facing an ignomious defeat, the Indian army set up a camp inside Nepal’s territory of Kalapani to keep an eye on Chinese activities. Currently, Indian authorities claim that Kalapani belongs to the Indian Union.
It is natural…, says Kisan Pokharel the producer of the movie “that we faced life threats from the Indian border security forces when we tried to enter our own territory—the Indian side is illegally occupying…however, the Nepali authorities too did not come to our rescue”.
“Currently we are filming the movie in the district of Chitwan”, adds Pokharel talking to the Deshantar Vernacular Weekly today, June 22, 2008.
“We have done a lot of research on the topic illegal occupation of Nepali lands by India…we have been nevertheless facing continued threats, but finally decided to make a film to educate the masses with the support from those who love this country from their inner heart”, says the director of the movie, Uddhav Abhidit.
“We would primarily like to create awareness among the Nepali population to remain highly sensitive towards the issues of land occupation by India ”, Mr. Abhidit adds.
The filming of the movie began last Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
Nikhil Uprety, Niruta Singh, Dilip Rayamajhi, Ganesh Upreti, Biru Bajracharya are some of the lead actors who will appear in the movie.
Telegraphnepal.com wishes the KALAPANI movie crew best of luck!
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