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Written by: Mir Rooh

Published: 11 April 2015

Budding writer and producer, Harry Sachdeva is an eminent name in the entertainment clan. He is talk of the town by taking a step to make the very first mainstream film on the aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Titled ‘31st October’, the film is set on the backdrop of 1984, the blackest day of Indian history when Indira Gandhi was assassinated and thousands of lives were lost due to the riots, which took place after that.

 Directed by a national award winner, Shivaji Lotan Patil, the film stars Soha Ali Khan and Vir Das who will be seen in the sikhavatars, and the actors are playing the characters of a real life couple as the film is based on a true life story.

 The real life experience, penned by writer –producer HarrySachdeva, through his cinematic vision will take the audience back in the year 1984 and will showcase the struggle of many innocents who suffered the night of riots. The movie will portray the change of political scenario in the country after her two Sikh bodyguards assassinated Indira Gandhi. The film has voices of renowned Asha Bhosle , Sonu Nigam and moreover Ustad Gulam Mustaf Ali khan who is famous for his legendary talent and who is also the guru of A R Rehman and Sonu Nigam has sung for this film as he felt closely connected to the cause behind the film.

 1984 Anti-Sikh riots is one such painful issue that is still unresolved even after 30 years.

Numerous commissions have investigated the pogrom, yet the perpetrators walk free and the victims have sunk into oblivion. The careless and corrupt way that this issue has been handled is used as a confidence building measure for communal and riot politics. A new Indian film is on the doorstep of Indian youth aiming to spark off another revolution to showcase the truth and to deliver justice to the victims passing the message that such genocides do no good to any individual, community or country.