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The movie is good and bad. Good parts first but
why I call some of it is bad that it has done great disservice to the cause it
espouses despite being able to capture some nuances very well.
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Sleepy north Indian rural milleue with its
poverty and infrastructure has been depicted quite accurately, especially
government hospital or government residence. In a small town ( overgrown
village) the so called gentry consists of business persons and sundry
government officials as shown in movie. The new IPS who is essentially a
transplant from an alien environment ( not from same state but also the culture
) gets shock and is treated by local people exactly the same way as shown in
movie. A seemingly innocuous man like bodyguard of addnl SP who is himself shown
involved in the crime , or one fiery village woman who dares to speak truth, or
how post-mortem can be manipulated at government hospitals, or how SP
deliberately leaks news to media or local businessman tries to get cosy with SP
is pretty accurate and shows script write have ear to grounds. The way
politician of both sides unite and how victim of dalit community don’t get help
from leader of their community is pretty accurate.
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Sadly though good things end here. First movie
tries to allude to a real life incident which was actually an honor killing by
the family of the victims in UP. Movie strings together various crimes from all
over India over different periods of time in a single time frame in a single
place painting a picture of doomsday. The SC police inspector is shown taking
orders from dominant caste senior which is so patently false. The sad truth is
police is divided across caste lines and more often than now whoever is in
position of power plays saviour for people of his caste.
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The SP must have cleared UPSC, got trained for a
year and then at least 2 years in field before becoming SP and his incredulity
at surroundings is simply laughable especially when asking who is which caste
as the very exam he would have appeared inot and training he would gone through
constantly reinforces these ideas.
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Robin hood of the village who does nothing but
sermonises is as unreal as moon in daytime and no demonstration, dharna or
morcha by public or family of victim is not what happens in reality.
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Overall the mood picture paints and especially
the cinematography is very good, performance wise people shine in their role,
especially corrupt policeman, businessman, lady doctor, assistant police
officers , Ayushman acts well but his role is not written perfectly and so is
issue with robin hood and his love interest.
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Overall one should watch the movie but remember
that it is fictional and substantial part of it never happens in real.
