New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, which functions under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is evaluating a proposal to broadcast a film titled Tillotoma, based on the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College in August 2024. "The proposal for the movie has been received and is under evaluation," the organisation's chief executive officer (CEO) Gaurav Dwivedi confirmed to HT. The brutality of the incident and subsequent allegations of police inaction had sparked widespread protests across West Bengal, leading to an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The victim's family has opposed the project. HT spoke to the victim's father who said, "We have no interest in the film being made because this doesn't help our case at all. We just want justice. The director is making it for his benefit. They keep calling us and disturbing us. We want nothing to do with the film." Director Ujjwal Chatterjee, who won the National Award in 1992 for his Bengali feature Gondi and has directed Escape from Taliban starring Manisha Koirala, is slated to direct the film. He said Tillotoma will be told from the perspective of the victim's mother, with ex-Rajya Sabha MP and actor Rupa Ganguly set to play the lead role. Chatterjee said he has spoken with the victim's parents to seek consent to use the victim's real name in the film. "If we don't get permission, we will still make the movie, but under a different name," he said. Chatterjee also claimed that officials within Prasar Bharati had encouraged him to make the movie, naming chairman Navneet Sehgal specifically. Sehgal declined to comment when contacted. Chatterjee said filming is likely to wrap up by January 2026 with an aim to release it ahead of the Bengal Assembly elections in March 2026....