Supporters of the film, including several ruling party politicians, lauded it as a "brave" attempt to correct the "pseudo-secular" narrative. They argue that for 20 years, the world only heard about the victims of the riots (the minority community), but the original Hindu victims of Godhra were forgotten.
Review of the Nanavati-Shah Commission Report (2008), Supreme Court judgments, and media archives. The Sabarmati Report
The Sabarmati Report adopts a specific, controversial lens. It argues that the initial media coverage and political narratives deliberately downplayed the severity of the crime. The film follows a fictional news anchor (played by Vikrant Massey) and a journalist (Riddhi Dogra) who dig through classified documents, witness testimonies, and forensic evidence to prove that the fire was not a spontaneous "accident" but a well-orchestrated conspiracy. Supporters of the film, including several ruling party
Directed by Dheeraj Sarna, the film is not merely a retelling of a tragedy; it positions itself as a journalistic investigation into the conspiracy of silence and misinformation that, according to the filmmakers, surrounded the incident for over two decades. The Sabarmati Report adopts a specific, controversial lens