The Sabarmati Report: =link=

is not a documentary. It is an argument. It is a well-funded, professionally executed attempt to shift the Overton window on one of India’s most painful memories.

A group of petitioners, including legal heirs of those convicted in the Godhra case and civil rights activists, filed a petition seeking a stay on the film's release. Their grounds were specific: The Sabarmati Report

Released on November 15, 2024, is a Hindi-language political drama that delves into the harrowing 2002 Godhra train burning incident. Directed by Dheeraj Sarna and produced by Ektaa R. Kapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures, the film seeks to uncover what it terms the "buried truth" of the tragedy through the lens of investigative journalism. Plot and Narrative Focus is not a documentary

If you go to this film expecting unbiased journalism, you will be disappointed. If you go expecting high-drama political thriller that reaffirms your existing worldview, you will likely cheer. A group of petitioners, including legal heirs of

: The film has been lauded by some for its "courage" in addressing a sensitive historical chapter [6].