The Real Life..."Shoot Out at Prayagraj"

The latest example of how cinema and society influence each other is the murder of mafia don Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, and the manner in which they were brought to death. The whole story looks like a filmy climax...that's why it is said that cinema affects society.

And, society also affects cinema! In the decade of 80-90, many mafia/underworld dons had emerged, on whose life many films have been made. Atiq was also one of them on whom no film work was done because he was alive. Atiq's life story ends like a movie climax. Accused of over a hundred crimes, Ateeq - who used to run his ringleader from prison, is brought from Ahmedabad jail to his hometown Allahabad (now Prayagraj) for sentencing in a 17-year-old kidnapping case (Umesh Pal) Is. Atiq is brought in exactly the same way as film villains are shown on the screen to be presented in court, with a well-planned arrangement in a filmy style. With the same apprehension that the don's car may not overturn on the way, he may not be chased away or encountered. The whole country's media is engaged to give coverage to this don all the way.

In this batch, along with all the police and media vehicles, there were those who were recceing Atiq, which is being told in the report. Atiq gets life imprisonment. Atiq's brother Asraf also has to appear in court. Both the brothers are taken to the medical college for medical examination, where three boys posing as media workers kill them by firing indiscriminately with foreign-made revolvers. When the policemen are escorting the criminals in a cordon, where media cameras are flashing, Atiq and Asraf are gunned down. A few days before the incident, the encounter with Atiq's son was done, on the news of which Don wept bitterly. At the time of the burial of Atiq and Asraf, the scene in the cemetery was similar to the scene of the death of a 'brother' shown in films. Not only is the city of Prayagraj, but the whole state is also visible due to the movement, gathering, and barricades of the police. Internet services are shut down and TV news channels and social media are filled with police, commission, investigation, and political reaction. Then the process of investigation starts and the knot gets entangled.

The three youths who took Atiq to the end are those aged of 18, 20, and 23 who give an initial statement that they have done this to get fame. All three have reached there from different cities. Belonging to a poor household. They are drug takers, have been evicted from homes, and have criminal records. One of them, Lovelesh Tiwari, had also put his pictures on social media some time ago. In those pictures, he is carrying a revolver in his hand and has a tattoo of a cobra on his body. That is, presenting himself in the image of a complete don. Likes. A boy Shani (Mohit) is going to keep practicing shooting with both hands like a 90's don. The youngest among them is 18-year-old Arun Maurya, about whom no one in his village can even guess that he can do something like this.

The story is in investigation mode. Whatever will happen will be known further. But as of now, the story is completely filmy. In this story, there is murder, kidnapping, son's mourning, wife's disappearance, religion's tadka, and above all don’t take over politics and then run gangster from jail. So there is complete filmy masala. It will be interesting to see which producer comes forward first to make the original film.