Rajiv Gandhi assassination in popular culture

The assassination of Congress President Rajiv Gandhi has not been referenced or recreated in popular culture many times. Being a very sensitive issue, no one tried to picture this event. But recently Malayalam film director Major Ravi filmed a movie about the investigation for Sivarasan, one of the main convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Television and film portrayals
The assassination and the subsequent conspiracy theories surrounding Gandhi's death have been the topic for the first major film related to his death. The movie, directed by Major Ravi, was titled Mission 90 Days (2007).
Mission 90 Days
Mission 90 Days is a movie which tells the story of a special officer in charge of the investigation of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination. Mammootty portrays the special officer, a National Security Guard (NSG) commando named Major Sivaraman.
The director of the film Major Ravi was an investigator in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Major Ravi was the one who searched down Sivarasan, one of the main convicts in the case, and killed him. So, this film has given first-ever, in-depth information about the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. The film was a big challenge for Major Ravi because expectations were sky high after his last release Keerthichakra. It was shot at Kochi, Chennai and Bangalore.
The film was released on 6 July. Though the film gained positive reviews, it failed to do well at the box office.
Another interesting factor about this movie is that the makers have used real names for the characters in the movie. They have not changed the names of Rajiv Gandhi, Sivarasan, Nalini, Thanu, etc.
Short Stroy by Salman Rushdie
The bombblast that killed Rajiv Gandhi forms the climax of one short stories by Salman Rushdie, namely Chekhov and Zulu, that is a part of his collection called East,West

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