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Vishal Bhardwaj to make Rashomon-style film on Tarun Tejpal case
Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj is developing a Rashomon-style film on the Tarun Tejpal sexual assault case, Variety reports. Bhardwaj has read the 527-page trial court judgment multiple times and attended the Goa proceedings.…
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Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj is developing a Rashomon-style film on the Tarun Tejpal sexual assault case, Variety reports. Bhardwaj has read the 527-page trial court judgment multiple times and attended the Goa proceedings. He said the contradiction between Tejpal's 2021 acquittal and the Bombay High Court's recent conviction makes it a perfect Rashomon narrative. Bhardwaj wants an actor unaware of the crime to approach it as fiction.
Tejpal, former Tehelka editor, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for raping a junior colleague in a Goa hotel in 2013. He has been granted two weeks to surrender and plans to appeal in the Supreme Court. The case has drawn national attention for its legal twists and the survivor's long fight for justice.
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The film will inevitably be accused of either sympathising with a convicted rapist or trivialising a survivor's trauma. But Bhardwaj's track record of adapting morally complex stories suggests he is after ambiguity, not endorsement. The real test will be whether he can separate the legal contradictions from the human cost. Watch for how the Supreme Court rules on Tejpal's appeal, that verdict will decide if this story is closed or still being written.
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, news.abplive.com
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