The police complaint, as written by the deceased father, read, “The untimely death of my daughter at her prime age completely shut the doors to us to lead a peaceful life as an ordinary citizen and we couldn’t digest the incident till date which forced us to lead a life in a rotten boat.” The movie directed by Ramesh Selvan promises the audience that they will know everything about the case and also discussions like gender violence, caste, and misogyny in society will be brought to light.
The trailer, in fact, goes into a popular conspiracy theory that Ramkumar’s throat was slit by police officials when he was captured and that he’d not done it himself as the force had claimed. Swathi’s family, as can only be expected, is upset about the upcoming film. According to police sources, her father K Santhanagopalakrishnan has written to the Director General of Police appealing that the production and release of the film be stopped, The News Minute reports.
“We are unable to gauge the intention of producing such a movie, as the facts can be twisted particularly about my daughter. Since the case is sub-judice, production of such a film is not fair and illegal,” TNM quotes the complaint statement.
Speaking to TNM, advocate Sudha Ramalingam says that it’s not legal to make a film on real events and real people without obtaining their consent.
“This is not a film on say Raja Raja Chozhan who is a historical figure. Nobody from those times is around for you to speak to them and obtain consent. When you are making a film on current events, people whose extended families are still there, you have to take their permission to represent them as such,” she says.
However, this is what the filmmaker had to respond to the family’s complaint:
