Government should provide tax exemption to the film ‘Kooran’: Maneka Gandhi’s request!
Animals know humans; humans do not know animals: Maneka Gandhi’s speech at the ‘Kooran’ film festival!
‘Kooran’ is a film based on a dog. The film stars S.A. Chandrasekaran, Y. G. Mahendran, Sathyan, Balaji Sakthivel, George Marian, Indraja Robo Shankar and others.
The film is directed by debutant director Nitin Vemupathi.
Martin Dhanraj has handled the cinematography.
Siddharth Vipin has composed the music. P. Lenin has supervised the editing.
Director Vicky has produced it under the supervision of V.P. Combines on behalf of Kanaa Productions. The film, which will be released on December 27, is being distributed by Dream Warriors.
The audio launch of the film ‘Kooran’
was held today at a star hotel in Chennai.
As the story of the film is about the legal rights struggle of a dog, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, former Union Minister, animal rights activist and founder of The People for Animals, attended the audio launch as the special guest.
After releasing the music of the film, while speaking at the function,
“I am happy to be participating in this function. Congratulations to all the team involved in the effort to make a wonderful film.
When I was invited to this film festival, I happily agreed.
There is no such thing as a small film in the film. It is made with a big idea and thought.
This film says that all living beings are one.
Every living being feels sadness, feels happiness, feels fear, wants to live, wants to live a peaceful life.
In this film,
we will start with dogs because we are talking about dogs.
I have spent my life with animals since I was born.
I have seen dogs talk, not just dogs. Cats, chickens, snakes, pigs, donkeys, all of them have a language. They all communicate with each other. They all understand humans. But we ourselves do not understand them.
I would like to tell you some incidents. I went to a school in Mussoorie for an inauguration. I was driving with a man in his car and we were talking about animals.
We entered his house. It was a big road. It was about 400 meters from his house.
His dog was standing there with his mate. I had never met them before. They had just come to take me to school safely. I told him, “Your dog says he injured his paw this morning and it hurts so much that he doesn’t let anyone touch it.”
The man said, “I don’t believe this nonsense.”
We went to his house and he spoke to his wife. His wife said, “You know, your dog has been bothering you since morning. He didn’t even let me bandage his injured paw.”
I have had hundreds of such experiences.
A woman named Maria had come from England. She had even written a book. She could talk to animals, and even if they couldn’t talk, they could understand. She had come to India to tell them this.
I took her to my hospital, which was one of the first animal hospitals in India. A cow came near her, she put her hand on the cow’s head. Then she told me, “The cow thanked me.” “You brought it to the hospital when it had met with an accident. It is fine now. But because it was hit on the head, it still has a headache. Is there any medicine?” she asked.
Then we went to a dog lying on the operating table. All its legs were broken.
The dog told the woman that this morning, Mrs. Gandhi had told the doctor that it was in pain and could not stand, so we should put it to sleep.
The doctor said, “No.” She understood all this from the dog.
When I first stood for election, I went to a meeting. There was a bad smell there. I couldn’t stand it. I was looking for any chemicals, sewage, or anything else. I saw a donkey standing near the stage.
Its body was covered in pus and it looked like it was rotting. So I left the crowd. I took it home, called the doctor, cleaned the pus, and gave it antibiotics. It gradually got better. After that, it didn’t want to see the doctor. If you see the doctor, it would hide behind a tree. It wanted to get out of there. It would kick and kick the bait that was given to it. One night. It sang at the most healing moment. I will say that night was the most unforgettable night of my life. The donkey sang a song as if it were looking at the stars in the sky. It was like beautiful music to me. The song it sang was like looking at the stars and saying, “I am very happy, I am very happy, thank you.”
When you see the joy and pain of animals, you should feel that it is ours. This film perfectly expresses that we are all one.
Once, when I was walking on a road in my block, a big long black snake was passing by. We stopped and waited, and the snake passed by. Snakes cannot see very well. They cannot hear at all. One night, when I went to sleep, a snake came and stayed under my bed all night and was gone in the morning. It was as if it had come to sleep just like you. There are many such things in my life.
There is no difference between you, me, it, and the ant that is walking under your feet.
Chickens have a complete dictionary. They have a language for it. Chickens get married. Children have a family. Male chickens have girlfriends like wives. The wife and girlfriend sometimes fight. They also lie.
This film is about a dog rights case.
I will tell you the same thing I always tell the children I see. Every day in Mumbai, dogs are running around. No one can stop them. Many dogs are injured and many die when vehicles hit them on the roads. A case was filed against a man who put a cart on a dog. The judge said it was no big deal and imposed a fine of ten thousand rupees for wasting the court’s time by bringing the case. This shocked me.
This is the most terrible verdict I have ever seen.
In all the hospitals I am involved in, there are many such cases of animal attacks.
This film should not be shown only to that judge, but to all lawyers and judges across India.
S. A. I hope Chandrasekaran releases this film in different languages. And I would like to tell all the animal rights activists across India to watch it. We should watch this film more than them. Each and every one of you should watch it.
You should realize that there is no difference between living beings. Until we stop waging war on animals, there will be no peace among us. We should realize and accept that all living beings are one. Then you will see a positive change in the way humans live and the way we interact with each other.
This film is full of comedy. It is not a propaganda film, it is a lively film. It is a good film that speaks soft feelings. I request the government to give tax exemption for this.
This is an important idea. I congratulate everyone who made this wonderful film. I am happy to be a part of the effort to take this film to the people. Thank you for giving me the opportunity,” said Maneka Gandhi.
Directors S.A. Chandrasekaran, Mrs. Shobha Chandrasekaran, M. Rajesh Ponram, actors Y. G. Mahendran, Vijay Antony, producers Xavier Britto, Vimala Britto, music composer Siddharth Vipin, businessman Sundar,
producer Vicky, and the film’s director Nitin Vemupathi were present at the film launch. The dog Jhansi, who plays the lead role in the film, was also present.
