Adoor Gopalakrishnan

The sedition case had been lodged against nearly 50 celebrities, including filmmakers Shyam Benegal, Aparna Sen, Mani Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap and Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

Prakash Javadekar denied involvement of the Modi government in the sedition case and called it 'falsehood' by the 'tukde tukde' gang.

An FIR was filed on October 3 against 50 eminent persons, including Ramchandra Guha, Mani Ratnam, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Aparna Sen, who had written an open letter to Modi, raising their concern over growing incidents of mob lynching.

Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan's response involved space travel, as suggested by the BJP leader.