Justice at last: team ‘talvar’ & bollywood on the aarushi verdict

As the much awaited verdict on the infamous Aarushi murder case was declared on October 12, Bollywood stars came out to express their solidarity and relief for the Talwars. Irrfan Khan, who

played Ashwin Kumar, an investigating officer in Meghna Gulzar’s _Talvar, _told THE QUINT that he believes justice has been served. > The court of law has in its eyes given justice to a 

case. The Talwar > family have finally had truth by their side and justice has been > served in the right order. Irrfan Khan, Actor Writer, filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj and director

Meghna Gulzar have a personal connect with the Aarushi verdict, which came out on October 12. Both Vishal and Meghna believed that the Talwars were innocent and they attempted to bring up

their point of view in their film _Talvar. _The film presents three contradictory accounts of the case, which variously portray the parents as guilty or innocent. Tweeting about the verdict,

Vishal Bhardwaj had this to say: > I think there is no better victory of cinema than this as it has > made impact like this and that exactly what we wanted. It is amazing > news 

and we are so happy for the family, and especially the parents, > but the saddest part is that we can’t bring back their nine years > in which they struggled to get justice. It’s also 

a big victory of > the Indian judicial system. I think because of our film, their case > came to limelight at least for some period of time, because earlier > things which were 

under surface came into public eye with our film. > In the investigation, there were many aspects which were doubtful > and in our film, we took neutral stance and we didn’t take > 

anyone’s side. We showed what happened in investigation and what > proceedings were carried out by both investigating agencies that was > Delhi Police and CBI in the film. So in the 

outcome, it made things > pretty clear.  Vishal Bhardwaj, Filmmaker (as reported by IANS) Speaking to THE QUINT, Meghna Gulzar said that the verdict was a huge victory for justice. > 

“This is what we have been saying from the beginning, nobody knows > the truth but if you juxtapose all the facts that are available that > we know and you just lay them out in front 

of you, the picture > becomes very clear and looks like with this High Court appeal all > the facts or the arguments in the case or the testimonies that were > heard or reheard were

 heard with a very rational and open mind and > without any prejudice which is why the verdict is what it is because > factually there is no conclusive evidence against the Talwars 

that > they have murdered Hemraj and Aarushi. It is a huge victory for > justice, for the truth but from whatever little I know of them and > have known them, even in this victory 

there is a void and a vacuum > because Aarushi is not coming back. The years they have lost are not > coming back and nobody can get that back to them, we still have that > on our 

conscience. But the fact that they have been exonerated which > is something they were fighting for, not so much for themselves but > just so that their daughter’s memory would not be 

maligned at > death, I think that is what is most important to them and I am glad > they got that today.” Meghna Gulzar Konkona Sensharma, who played Aarushi’s mother Nupur Talwar,

also heaved a sigh of relief for the couple. > It’s fantastic news. It’s really a shame that it took us nine > years for their innocence to have been proven. The tragedy is also > 

that we still don’t know who the killers of Hemraj (househelp) and > Aarushi are, but I am very happy for the Talwars. Konkona Sensharma, Actor (as reported by IANS) Other Bollywood stars

also took to social media to praise the High Court’s verdict on the Aarushi murder case. > So happy to hear that the court has acquitted these brave parents > who've been through

 hell and back... #arushiverdict > ðŸ™ðŸ»ðŸŒŸ > — Aditi Rao Hydari (@aditiraohydari) October 12, 2017 > Nothing worse than parents accused of their own daughters murder. > And 

then horrible sordid made up stories lapped up by media > #ArushiVerdict > — Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) October 12, 2017 > I’m actually fascinated as to how various 

investigating > agencies botched up the #AarushiMurder case. > Surely all d evidence was in d house? > — atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) October 12, 2017 (_Breathe In, Breathe Out:

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