Ennu Swantham–Sreedharan: a Kerala story of a Muslim woman who raised three Hindu children

Ennu Swantham – Sreedharan (Yours Truly Sreedharan) was screened in collaboration with Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust and Janasamskriti. Photo: Special Arrangement

Even because the movie struggles of get distributers in India, folks from all walks of life gathered on the screening of Ennu Swantham–Sreedharan (Yours Truly Sreedharan) that was held at Delhi’s Jawahar Bhawan on Friday. For the viewers, the film was a story about Kerala which “must be advised”. For some, this was the “solely story of the Kerala”.

Directed by Siddik Paravoor, the 90-minute movie is the real-life story of a Muslim woman, Zubeidaa, who brings up the three children of her home assist — a Hindu — after her sudden demise. The Malayalam movie has English subtitles. It moved many to tears contained in the auditorium the place the true Sreedharan, the favorite little one of Zubeidaa, was additionally current.

The story went viral in 2019 when Mr. Sreedharan mourned by a FB put up the demise of his Umma (mom) Zubeidaa, stating that this certainly was the fact of Kerala’s generations of “spiritual and human” concord. For Mr. Sreedharan, Zubeidaa was the one mom he knew as his actual mom Chikki had left the world when he was only one. He and his two sisters have been raised and given training by their Muslim foster mom and the three by no means confronted any strain or compulsion of changing to Islam.

Mr. Paravoor, who was impressed by the FB put up to make the film and stayed with the household to know extra about them, was overwhelmed with the response to the movie. He advised The Hindu that even when it was launched in January, he failed to seek out any distributors. He stated most rejected the movie attributable to its lack of a star solid.

“It’s a small price range film and was made in simply 40 lakh which too was crowd-funded by my family, associates and well-wishers. We are underneath debt as this cash must be returned. I really feel unhappy that there are not any takers for the ‘actual Kerala story’ which talks about human feelings, unity and love,” Mr. Paravoor stated.

The movie was screened in collaboration with Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) and Janasamskriti (socio- cultural organisation) whose representatives advised the viewers that that is a movie that’s “past propaganda and exhibits the fact of India”.

“The making of this film began in 2019, a lot earlier than the propaganda movie, The Kerala Story was imagined. This is the true Kerala story and that’s the reason its screening was essential to be held on the coronary heart of the capital,” stated V.Okay. Cherian, the moderator of the screening.

Nisha S., who watched the film stated it’s “resistance in opposition to falsehoods and imaginary existence”. Indu Chandraskehra, who too noticed the movie with one of her associates, stated that it was a story that was ready to be advised. “It touched my coronary heart and made me cry though I relied on subtitles,” she stated.