“Satyagraha”……a film starring Amitabh Bachchan, a real image of Indian democratic system at
work…a must watch for every Indian…
After a very long time, some time back, I ventured out to watch Praksh Jha’s
movie “Satyagraha”. As the story unfolds, it progresses on expected
lines, gathering the moments from idealistic conversation between a young
aspiring young man, bubbling with energy and an old fading man, a law abiding school
teacher, to cruel events, nexus between politicians and businessmen, manipulations,
murders, political game fixing, compulsions of jod-tod ki rajneeti – the coalition politics, crushing the common man under the wheel of corruption and at the
end, successfully awakening the consciousness of common man… “the aam aadmi”,
turning into a “Satyagraha”, “a mass movement”,
taking a bloody shape but simultaneously
exposing the dirtiest and ugliest face of politics and governance. It draws
many inspirations from real life national and international public events of anger
against the corrupt systems, be it Egyptian up-rise or Anna – Kejriwal and
Nirbhaya movements. The film has succeeded in exposing the real face of
politics and governance, common man’s spirit of fight for justice and hope of light
at the end of tunnel. It is a real image of Indian society at the cross
road and Prakash Jha’s work will
certainly help it to understand the dirty tricks and electoral gimmicks of
politicians at the time of election and judge a candidate more judiciously,
avoiding the traps and pitfalls in the way while voting.
The movie also compliments and supports Kejriwal zeal for
cleaning the system by jumping into the dirt.
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