Alia Bhatt's 'Raazi' didn't do justice to the book, claims author Harinder Sikka

Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal starrer Raazi worked wonders at box office and won hearts of netizens but seems like film did t do justice to book, on which film is based, claims author Harinder Sikka. film Raazi was directed by Meghna Gulzar and is based on Sikka's book Calling Sehmat, and author says he was t happy over omission of highlight Tricolour scene in film, which is based on a real incident during 1971 Indo-Pakistan war.

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story revolves around a young Kashmiri girl named Sehmat, played by Alia Bhatt, who agrees to marry a Pakistani Army officer in order to spy for India. But according to Sikka, in book, story ends with Sehmat saluting Tricolour. If film h same ending, film would have won National Award. He told director that she has stopped film from getting National Award by cutting Tricolour scene in film. Though this was done by wishes of filmmakers, Sikka still has resentment over it.

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Harindar Sikka's point of view

Talking about his book, Sikka said that he was a person who h never written a book, and his first book Calling Sehmat sold around five lakh copies. Sehmat taught him how to live. Sikka also mentioned that people easily paint all Kashmiri Muslims with same brush, saying that Kashmiris are terrorists. But y have to understand that mor wants her son to carry a stone in his hand. Terrorism has been being funded re for so many years but re have also been Kashmiris like Sehmat who gave up ir entire families for country. Much has changed since abrogation of Article 370. His next book is Section 370, and he said that Sehmat is inspiration again.

Sikka expressed this at a media publication's event.

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