Ashok Kumar Kainth, a Punjabi historian working in Sri Lanka and head of the department of Ramayan Research Committee that was formed in 2006, told The Indian Express that he saw the movie and found the main character -Dr. Aryan- was based on his life story. He alleged that the research work carried out by him has been taken from his website in the film without his permission and also the main character in the movie was presenting his life story that how he had researched the existence of the Ramayan facts in Sri Lanka.
“But things have been fabricated in the movie which should not have been done,” said he adding that it’s also a case here of copyrights. “Movie would have been much better if the filmmakers had come to him to discuss the several things because I have done everything on the ground,” said Kainth, adding that he would have not minded if he was taken into confidence.
He worked on a special tourism project to showcase the 50-odd sites connected to the Ramayana, including Ashok Vatika, under ‘Sri Lanka’s Ramayana Trail’, on ‘Ram Setu Bridge‘ etc. He is also doing his research work on Guru Nanak’s travels to Sri Lanka under Shiromani Gurudwara Parnbandhak Committee (SGPC) Project.
Kainth, who has made over 200 visits to Sri Lanka since 2006 to get completing the railway bridge on the Ram Setu was one of the main aims of his life. “I had met this proposal with the Prime Minister of India in 2017 and he had then assured to get it done,” said he. Kainth originally...
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