Film will not be made on Hazrat Tipu Sultan: Producer Sandeep Singh

Mumbai (IANS). Filmmaker Sandeep Singh on Monday announced that he is shelving a film on Tipu Sultan, the legendary king of Mysore. He told that the reason behind this is that he, his family and friends are receiving threats from the followers of Tipu.

Filmmaker Sandeep Singh on Monday took to Twitter to announce the shelving of the controversial film on Tipu Sultan. He tweeted, “The film will not be made on Hazrat Tipu Sultan. I request my fellow brothers and sisters to refrain from threatening or abusing my family, friends and me. If I have inadvertently hurt anyone’s religious sentiments, I sincerely apologise.”

Sandeep Singh further said in the statement, “It was never my intention to do this, as I strongly believe in respecting all beliefs. As Indians, let us always stand united and always give respect to each other!”

The film was to be co-produced by Sandeep, Eros International and Rashmi Sharma Films. The film was to be released in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. The film was announced ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections in May.

At the time the film was announced, Sandeep had said that he was surprised to know the reality of Tipu Sultan. The story gave me goosebumps.

This is cinema I personally believe in. Be it PM Narendra Modi, Swatantryaveer Savarkar, Atal or Bal Shivaji – my films are based on truth. I think people knew how tyrannical Tipu Sultan was, but they chose to ignore it. And this is exactly what I want to display at 70mm. To be honest, he doesn’t even deserve to be called Sultan.

I was brainwashed to consider him a brave man as shown in our history textbooks. But no one knows his malevolent side. I want to expose his dark side for the coming generation.