Critically acclaimed & award-winning film Ghuspaith: Between Borders was released on Jio Cinema on October 6, 2023, and in no time it started buzzing among fans of a particular section. Directed by Mihir Kalpana Lath, Ghuspaith: Between Borders features critically acclaimed actors like Amit Sadh, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, and more in the leading roles. Ghuspaith: Between Borders has received multiple awards as it has been selected for screening in places like the Boston International Film Festival 2023, Tasveer South Asian Film Festival 2023, Dadasahebphalke International Film Festival 2023 and many more. Ghuspaith: Between Borders is a story of an Indian photojournalist who is carrying out his duty in Bangladesh where minorities are being persecuted by war-lords and other fringe elements. As a result, the minorities are trying hard to flee from the country by hook or by crook. Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop News assumes that you have multiple questions revolving around Ghuspaith: Between Borders True Story or Ghuspaith: Between Borders Real Story or simply about Ghuspaith: Between Borders' Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui. To know the answer continue reading-
Ghuspaith: Between Borders True Story
Ghuspaith: Between Borders is a true story based on the late Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui who went on to win the prestigious Pulitzer Award twice in his career. As per the makers of the movie, Ghuspaith: Between Borders is inspired by Danish and his companions' journey to cross borders, where they encounter bandits and a shocking massacre. After escaping, they face more danger, with Danish ultimately sacrificing himself. Notably, Danish was killed while doing his duty in Afghanistan when Afghan and Taliban forces were involved gun battle. As per reports, Danish was killed after being shot multiple times by Taliban forces. Below is what you should know about Danish Siddiqui's death-
Who was Danish Siddiqui?
Based in New Delhi, Danish Siddiqui was a Photojournalist working as chief of the photo section of Reuters' India section. Danish won his first 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, as part of the Reuters team, for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis.
Interestingly, Ghuspaith: Between Borders' story is based on Bangladesh, which means the movie depicts the Rohingya crisis. Talking more about Danish Siddiqui, in 2021, he was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban forces near a border crossing with Pakistan.
Danish won second Pulitzer posthumously in 2022 for documenting the COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh, India. Notably, Danish also came under fire on social media for taking pictures of dead bodies getting burned who died due to the COVID pandemic in UP. However, Danish received global recognition for the picture he clicked in Uttar Pradesh.
Talking more about widely acclaimed photojournalist, Danish Siddiqui has since covered the Afghanistan War (2012), the Battle of Mosul (2016–2017), the April 2015 Nepal earthquake, the 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis, the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, the 2020 Delhi riots, and the COVID-19 pandemic among other stories in South Asia, Middle East and Europe. He first joined Reuters as an intern in 2010 after a brief stint in other news daily. Since July 2021, Danish was serving as an embedded journalist with the Afghan Special Forces to document the Taliban offensive, in what would be his last assignment.
Danish Siddiqui's death
Talking about Danish Siddiqui's murder, reports suggested that the Indian photojournalist was killed in crossfire during the attack on 16 July in Kandahar's Spin Boldak. However, Danish's news organization later reported that he was alive and taken to a mosque nearby for treatment. It remained unclear what happened after. However, Indian officials and Afghan security officials informed the news organization that Danish Siddiqui's body was cut into pieces in Taliban custody after his death. However, the Taliban denied this and said the body was mutilated by the time they had found it.
Danish's parents in their official statement were quoted saying, "After his killing, his body was mutilated including being run over by a heavy vehicle. His body revealed marks of brutal torture and 12 bullet entry and exit points."