MURDER UNVEILED (Indo-Can. film)
Mukherjee
This is a powerful Indo-Canadian film about the brutal honour killing
of 25-year old Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu in India, a killing contracted by
the girl's mother in British Columbia, Canada. There has been a
national uproar about this case here in Canada, but the Indian
community has remained virtually silent about it and the girl's mother
and uncle (also one of the contractors) are still considered
respectable elderly figures in their Vancouver temple. This is a film
not to be missed and it has already won an award at the Asian Film
Awards.
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From: www.newindpress.com
Film on 'honour killing' wins honour at Asian Film Awards
Sunday December 4 2005 09:59 IST
PTI
SINGAPORE: 'Murder Unveiled', a movie that got Indian-origin Anita
Majumdar the best actress award at the inaugural Asian festival of
first films, may at first be dismissed as yet another flick based on
the plot a rich girl falling for a poor boy and facing hostility of her
parents.
But the similarity ends here. 'Murder Unveiled' is based on the real
life story of a Punjabi girl from Canada who was murdered in India
allegedly at the behest of her parents for falling in love with a
rickshaw driver.
Canada-based actress Majumdar, who won the award for her role based on
the real life case of 25-year-old Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu, shudders at the
very thought of a mother ordering the 'honour killing' of her daughter,
just because she fell in love with a boy not considered worthy of their
caste and status.
"I feel honour killings are still happening in India and this movie
tries to show just how painful, useless and tragic all this is and how
rigid beliefs and customs can destroy a life and love," Majumdar told
PTI here at the Asian Television Forum (ATF), organised by reed
exhibitions.
The film, directed by Kashmir-born Vic Sarin, is shot in Canada and
Punjab and has been produced by Vancouver's Force Four Entertainment.
The producers are in final stages of working out distribution rights in
Canada, while also making negotiations for a release in India.
According to them, 'Murder Unveiled' is a "modern day Romeo and Juliet
tale, following a young indo-Canadian woman who defies her family and
pays the ultimate price."
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For more info, see:
http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/index.jsp?program=Murder+Unveiled
V S Rawat
> According to them, 'Murder Unveiled' is a "modern day Romeo
> and Juliet tale, following a young indo-Canadian woman who
> defies her family and pays the ultimate price."
But, I have heard that such honour killings are a common
occurence in Islam.
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