Overview

• On his death anniversary, Banerjee used social media to denounce Kesari Chapter 2 for calling Khudiram Bose “Khudiram Singh” and portraying him as a Punjabi.
• She characterised the film’s alterations as an attack on the Bengali language and an insult to Bose’s sacrifice for India’s independence.
• The FIR filed at Bidhannagar South police station in June accuses the film’s producers of insulting Bose and misnaming Barindra Kumar Ghosh as “Birendra Kumar” from Amritsar.
• Banerjee cited her government’s preservation efforts, including the Mahabani Development Authority and a Kolkata metro station named in Bose’s honour.
• Film-makers have yet to respond publicly, and Banerjee has urged the censor board to review the disputed scenes.