Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai…( Muzaffarnagar Eventually) -- Documentary Review

Title: Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai…( Muzaffarnagar Eventually)

Time:  135 mins   Hindi with English subtitles.

A film directed by Nakul Singh Sawney. The film speaks to a cross section of people. It mainly reflects on the massacre which took place in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of Uttar Pradesh. These two districts were known for their relative harmonious living and was one such place where people of all religion lived like minded. But this did not remain for long. It was disturbed by communal violence. This documentary narrates the real incidents which took place in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts and the way it has troubled peoples living even today. It resulted in loss of 100 people’s lives and more than 80,000 villagers had to lose their households. Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai…speaks on how the social economic as well as politics has been affected or influenced on the devastation of the villagers.

The documentary reveals the anti –Muslim massacre which had taken place in September 2013 and how the people of the area have not given up yet. The whole documentary is based on the actuality that had taken place here and it involves series of interviews with the victims and their families. The Samajwadi party which was the ruling government and the Kapp Panchayat has played a major role in creating communal conflict amongst the villagers. Be it a Hindu or a Muslim girl their rights are curtailed. There’s violence everywhere. The documentary is brought out in such a way to educate people, the society and bring awareness amongst everyone on such political groups which have been the cause for the riot. This has been happening time after time and some of the Muslim families have lost their entire belongings. The film speaks to the different sections of the society, how people have used caste identity with politics and created communal violence amongst the villagers. The Dalit politics in the district is also in highlights in the documentary.

Overall this film has brought a limelight on the frequent riots which take place here and the massacre of people and their household in Muzzafarnagar. Most of all it tries to alert the society especially on groups who are the sole reason for disrupting violence and who are the root cause of everything. A documentary one needs to watch to really know what’s going on in Muzzafarnagar and its bitter truth and especially on how it has affected its people’s lives.