Game Time: The Jasprit Bumrah question and India's bowling depth
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Gopal Patha led Hindu resistance during Calcutta killings. Was he hero or hoodlum?
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Written and directed by Agnihotri, and starring Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, and Pallavi Joshi, the film narrates the horrors of communal violence in Calcutta (now Kolkata) during the Muslim League's Direct Action Day on August 16, 1946, when large-scale riots between Hindus and Muslims left thousands dead and the city scarred by unprecedented after the release of the trailer of the film, slated for a September 5 release, Shantanu Mukherjee, the grandson of Gopal Chandra Mukherjee, popularly known as Gopal Patha, who led Hindu resistance groups during the Direct Action Day riots, has filed an FIR against the filmmaker. Shantanu has alleged that Agnihotri, in a personal reel video, mentioned Gopal Mukherjee as "Ek Tha Kashai Gopal Patha" (There was a butcher named Gopal Patha)", a portrayal he calls "derogatory and misleading".Agnihotri has, however, insisted the film portrays Gopal Patha as a hero who led Hindu resistance during the 1946 Calcutta Killings. This has reignited a debate over the legacy of Gopal Patha, a person seen through divided some portray Gopal Chandra Mukherjee as a saviour who protected Hindus during the riots, others brand him "a ferocious criminal", according to a report in The Indian Express from 1946, Gopal Patha emerged as one of Calcutta's most feared musclemen with nearly 800 men under his command, who in 1947 defied Gandhi's repeated calls to surrender Patha, who was one of the forces that saved Calcutta from falling into Pakistani hands, also sheltered Hindu families and widows in distress. It was against this backdrop of unchecked bloodshed and administrative paralysis that Gopal Patha stepped in, rallying his men to retaliate and defend Hindu localities from Muslim DIRECT ACTION DAY TURNED BLOODY; KILLED 10,000 IN CALCUTTAIn August 1946, Calcutta was engulfed in communal violence following the Muslim League's call for Direct Action Day to demand a separate Muslim homeland, has to be remembered that Bengal by then had already seen a partition, in 1905."Larke Lenge Pakistan (We'll fight and take Pakistan)!," the slogan rang out from Bowbazar More to Harrison Road, echoing through Calcutta's narrow streets, according to a research paper by academic Debjani other than having a huge Muslim population, was also the place which, according to historians, "saw the first articulation of political consciousness" among them. It was at Dhaka that the All India Muslim League was born to "secure the interests of Muslims of the subcontinent"."India suffered the biggest Moslem-Hindu riot in its history," reported the Time Magazine on August 26, League chief Mohamed Ali Jinnah chose the 18th day of Ramzan to observe 'Direct Action Day' in protest against Britain's plan for Indian independence, which he argued ignored long-standing Muslim demands for a separate intended as a peaceful show of strength, the day quickly descended into chaos, leaving Calcutta's sweltering streets soaked in blood."Rioting Moslems went after Hindus with guns, knives and clubs, looted shops, stoned newspaper offices, set fire to Calcutta's British business district. Hindus retaliated by firing at Moslem mosques and miles of Moslem slums. Thousands of homeless families roamed the city in search of safety and food (most markets had been pilfered or closed). Police blotters were filled with stories of women raped, mutilated and burned alive," noted the Time Magazine report from August 26, riots, lasting four days, claimed an estimated 10,000 lives, with Hindus bearing the brunt of the initial attacks by Chief Minister, Husseyn Shahid Suhrawardy, was accused of failing to curb the violence, allegedly assuring Muslim mobs of chaos set the stage for Gopal Patha's PATHA: BUSINESSMAN, WRESTLER AND MUSCLEMANGopal Chandra Mukherjee was known as 'Gopal Patha', as his family owned a goat-meat shop in Calcutta. Patha stands for a male goat in was a wrestler and a businessperson, by one of Calcutta's musclemen of the 1940s, rose to prominence during the 1946 riots. As violence unfolded, the 33-year-old came to be seen as the protector of the Hindu community."He was very ferocious," recalled SK Bhattacharjee, a sub-inspector at Calcutta's Lalbazar police headquarters during the Great Calcutta Killing of August 1946, as quoted in a 1997 Indian Express report by academic and journalist Andrew Whitehead."Gopal Patha looked like a gentleman. He was a criminal, but he was very helpful to the poor. During the riots, he came out to rescue Hindus," Bhattacharjee Patha, a member of the revolutionary group Anushilan Samiti and admirer of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, organised Hindu youths to counter Muslim League mobs. He reportedly armed young men to protect Hindu lives and properties.'ANSWER BRUTALITY WITH BRUTALITY.' WHAT GOPAL PATHA SAID ON VIOLENCE AND DUTYGopal Patha organised and mobilised the gang, because he believed it was the need of the hour. They equipped themselves with knives, swords, machetes, sticks, and iron rods, while Gopal carried two American pistols tucked into his waistband."I went round the saw mills and factories. I set an amount, sometimes Rs 1,000, sometimes Rs 5,000. They paid up. Then I declared: for one murder, you get Rs 10, for a half-murder, Rs 5. That's how we got started," Patha told actions were also directed at preventing Calcutta (Kolkata) being turned into a part of Pakistan by force."It was a very critical time for the country; the country had to be saved. If we become a part of Pakistan, we will be oppressed. So I called all my boys and said, this is the time we have to retaliate, and you have to answer brutality with brutality," Patha was quoted as saying by academic Debjani Sengupta."If you come to know that one murder has taken place, you commit 10 murders. That was the order for my boys... It was basically my duty... I had to help those in distress," Gopal Patha told the Indian Express in PATHA DEFIED GANDHI THRICE ON ARMS SURRENDERA year later, when MK Gandhi visited Calcutta, still smouldering from riots and bracing for more as Bengal was gripped by the horrors of Partition, Gopal Patha refused to surrender arms despite the leader's repeated August 1947, when Bengal saw widespread Partition violence, Gandhi reached Calcutta and advocated disarmament to foster peace."People came with their weapons and placed them at the feet of Gandhiji. Shabbily-dressed people came with swords, daggers and country-made guns," journalist Sailen Chatterjee told the newspaper in deified calls to lay down arms thrice and even questioned Gandhi."Gandhi called me twice... I didn't go. The third time, some local Congress leaders told me that I should at least deposit some of my arms... I went there. I saw people coming and depositing weapons which were of no use to anyone, out-of-order pistols, that sort of thing. Then Gandhi's secretary said to me: 'Gopal, why don't you surrender your arms to Gandhiji?' I replied, 'With these arms I saved the women of my area; I saved the people. I will not surrender them," Gopal Patha told the newspaper in 1997."Where was Gandhiji, I said, during the Great Calcutta Killing? Where was he then? Even if I've used a nail to kill someone, I won't surrender even that nail," he WAS GOPAL PATHA REALLY? DID HE HATE MUSLIMS?Gopal Patha still remains one of the most debated figures of Calcutta's turbulent from being a one-dimensional communal leader, historians argue his role must be understood in the specific context of the Great Calcutta Killing of Sandip Bandopadhyay, who interviewed Gopal Patha, stressed that Patha was "not a divisive character", noting that his immediate concern was to defend his locality from Muslim League-led attacks.A goat-meat shop owner by profession, Patha regularly dealt with Muslim traders and "never bore a grudge against Muslims", historian Sandip Bandopadhyay told The Hindu in 2014. Yet, when riots reached central Calcutta, he mobilised Hindu youths, training them to also sheltered Hindu families and widows from marauding Muslim mobs and in the aftermath of the said, Gopal Patha carries a dual legacy as both protector and aggressor. His actions reflected a commitment to survival over non-violence at a time when violence had become the norm. Yet his legacy remains contentious. For some, he was a hoodlum whose violent retaliation only escalated the bloodshed. But for many Hindus, he was a hero who filled a leadership void during the Great Calcutta Killing.- EndsMust Watch advertisement
NDTV
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- NDTV
The Bengal Files Actor Sourav Das, Who Plays Gopal Patha, On The Row: "If I Play Hitler..."
New Delhi: Vivek Agnihotri's The Bengal Files triggered a massive row ever since the trailer dropped on Saturday in Kolkata. Sourav Das, who plays Gopal Mukherjee -popularly knows as Gopal Patha - addressed the controversy during a recent interaction in Kolkata. What's Happening During a conversation with TV9 Bangla, Sourav Das tried to distance himself from the controversy. Asked if he's aware of the subject of the film, Sourav said, "I knew about my character only. I was not aware of the script. That's how work is done nowadays. It's a very strong character that I was offered. And it's a Hindi film where actors from all over the country have worked. I am nobody compared to the stars who have worked in the film." Establishing his point, Sourav said, "If I play Hitler any day, that wouldn't turn me into a Nazi supporter." Gopal Patha Fiasco Shantanu Mukherjee, the grandson of Gopal Mukehrjee, has filed a complaint at Bowbazar Police Station, accusing director Vivek Agnihotri of showing his grandfather in poor light. He alleged that the film had blemished the image of his grandfather, who, he said, "was a brave heart who had taken up arms to fight for the Bengalis." He told The Indian Express,"I have filed a complaint with my local police station (Bowbazar police station) and my lawyer has also sent a legal notice to the director for tarnishing the image of my grandfather." According to him, Agnihotri neither took the family's permission nor approached them before making the film. "The director never took any permission from us or even tried to meet us and speak to us regarding my grandfather. Derogatory terms were used against my grandfather," he said. An excerpt from his letter read: "... Recent interviews of the said Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri about my late grandfather Sri Gopal Chandra Mukherjee have been spoken of and depicted in a very poor light and in an utterly defamatory manner. Till date, there has not been any research project on my grandfather across Indian universities and hence, each info available in the social arena stem from us and except it, all is hearsay." The Bengal Files Controversy On August 16, the trailer launch event in Kolkata was reportedly cancelled under "political pressure." Later, the event got shifted to a hotel and the trailer was launched at 1 pm on Saturday. In a video message, Agnihotri said, "I have just been informed that all the wires have been cut. Who is giving these instructions, and why, I don't know. Multiple FIRs have already been filed against us. This is a private hotel - how can they stop us here when we have the necessary permission? If this is not dictatorship, then what is? If this is not fascism, then what is? Look at the number of policemen present, as if we are criminals." Following the trailer release, there were several allegations that Agnihotri had distorted history during his portrayal of the 1946 riot in Kolkata. The Bengal Files features Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Mohan Kapur, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Pallavi Joshi, Saswata Chatterjee and Puneet Issar, among others in key roles. The film is slated for a release in theatres on September 5, 2025.
