Hailed among the 'King of OTT' by his fans, Bollywood veteran actor Manoj Vajpayee is all set to make his return on the streaming platform via a courtroom drama movie named 'Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai'. Directed by Apoorv Singh Karki, Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai has a star cast including Manoj Bajpayee, Ajay Soni, Nikhil Pandey, and more in the lead roles. Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai will be released on Zee5 on May 23 may 2023 and recently the makers released its official trailer. Ever since the trailer of Manoj Bajpayee's Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai was released it started creating buzz on social media as the makers stated that the movie is inspired by true everts. Now, the question arises whether Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai is a true story or Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai is a real story or not. To know the answer continue reading-
Is Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai a true story?
The answer is a big yes. Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai is a true story based on the infamous case of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu who is currently serving life imprisonment in a rape case registered against him in 2013. In the movie, Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai, Manoj Bajpayee portrays the character of Advocate Poonam Chand Solanki aka PC Solanki who was the man that ensured the 16-year-old minor gets justice in the Asaram Bapu rape case. It means rather than the movie being based on Asaram Bapu, it revolves around Advocate PC Solanki and what difficulties he faced in bringing Goliath like Asaram down.
Asaram Bapu Case
Self-styled godman Asaram was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Gandhinagar Sessions Court in a rape case registered against him in 2013. While Asaram was convicted of the heinous crime, the other six accused, including his wife Laxmiben, their daughter, and four disciples, were acquitted due to lack of evidence. Notably, Asaram was lodged in a Jodhpur jail, where he was serving a life sentence in another case of raping a minor girl at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013. As per the FIR registered at Ahmedabad's Chandkheda police station, Asaram had raped his woman disciple on multiple occasions from 2001 to 2006 when she was living at his ashram near Ahmedabad before she managed to escape. Later, in 2014 a chargesheet was also filed. Not only this, the victim's younger sister was raped and illegally confined by Asaram's son Narayan Sai. Sai was sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court in Surat in April 2019 in the rape case filed against him by his former disciple in 2013.
Who is Advocate PK Solanki?
As per the Asian Age, PK Solanki belonged to a very humble background. His family belonged to Darzi community. Despite his family's financial problem, his parents ensured that all the children got a good education. “I was enrolled in the central school, which was not easy in those days,”PC Solanki was quoted by a news portal. After he joined the bar in 1996, his first big moment came in 2002. He had filed a PIL against the immersion of Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris in Gulab Sagar near the historic Ghantaghar after he saw thousands of fishes dying in the polluted water. The high court imposed a ban on the immersion of idols in the lake. Notably, when PC Soni was fighting case against Asaram he went up against lawyers like Ram Jethmalani, Salman Khursheed, Subramanian Swamy, and KTS Tulsi who were among the 30 lawyers Asaram changed for his defense. In his interview, PC Solanki revealed that he was offered crores of money and was also threatened to not take the case of the 16-year-old victim.