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Returning to screen with 200 Halla Ho that revolves around Dalit oppression, Palekar lashes out at Hindi cinema for not highlighting the social issue
Palekar plays a retired judge in the film
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The Sarthak Dasgupta-directed drama sees him play a retired Dalit judge, who heads the fact-finding committee investigating the lynching of a rape-accused by 200 Dalit women. The ZEE5 film is inspired by the 2004 incident when around 200 women had killed Akku Yadav at Nagpur district court. “That the subject revolved around the oppression of Dalit women and their revolt, not as a wishful narration of upper-caste filmmakers, but was based on true events, attracted me.”
Besides becoming a worthy rival to cinemas, digital entertainment has contributed significantly to the changing content landscape. However, the actor-director warns that the shift is only temporary. “Wait till the virus wave subsides, and people start planning films for theatrical release. The same old trash will come to the surface, although the audience has repeatedly rejected them.”
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