After Vivek Agnihotri's 2022 blockbuster, The Kashmir Files, producers and filmmakers are churning out flicks that claim to highlight inhumane acts done by people of a particular minority group and their emperors. Adah Sharma's The Kerala Story has already created enough controversy, and the movie has been called propaganda, targeting Muslims and spreading hatred towards them.
On Thursday, May 4, Producers Sandeep Singh and Rashmi Sharma announced the movie Tipu. The upcoming pan-India film is based on Indian Muslim ruler, Tipu Sultan, who was also called as Tiger of Mysore and was also regarded as a freedom fighter. The movie claims to show the untold side of the emperor. In the title motion poster, the makers claimed that Tipu Sultan destroyed 8,000 temples and 27 churches, converted 4 million Hindus and forced them to eat beef, imprisoned more than 1 lakh Hindus, and whatnot.
Here's the motion title poster
Soon after the poster was released, several netizens slammed the makers for spreading 'hatred' towards a particular community and also distorting history. An internet user wrote, "After Kerala Story they are proudly presenting new fake movie Tipu." Another internet user wrote, "Propaganda plus flop movie maker." A netizen added, "You people have only target to create hate and Islamophobia."
Producer Rashmi Sharma who's known for producing Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Pink has also been trolled over her 2nd Bollywood production. A netizen wrote, "@msrashmi2002_ Why mam this story.. Its fake have you ever read about him truly you are ruining the Indians."
Trade expert Taran Adarsh also shared the motion poster of the film, and he also received some rude comments on his post. A user wrote, "Ek or propaganda andh bhakto ko kush karne ke liye bus paise kamane ke liye (One more propaganda film to please blind believers and earn money)." Another netizen wrote, "Kashmirifiles, Kerala story, now Tipu... List goes on... Best way 'Demonize Islam' through movies n educate Hindus n protect their Religion... It's a paisa vasool subjects for Producers n overnight superstar status for Directors n Actors/Actresses.."
Here's Taran Adarsh's post
Tipu, backed by Eros International, Rashmi Sharma Films and Sandeep Singh, will be directed by Pawan Sharma and researched and developed by Rajat Sethi. The film will release in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil Telugu and Malayalam.
