Interesting (thanks for posting)... yes, it's definitely a subject to discuss also with concerned people. it is high time to make changes in the way justice is served, investigations are done the right way. It can't be a 'good' thing when police takes roles they don't have to take... if personal feelings (as understandable they may be) get the upperhand and one works against the law (and an encounter is murder), something is utterly wrong with the system... and t h a t exactly is what Meghna wanted to show.
There are other countries where 'police justice through killings is done in thousands of cases - exactly for the same reason which is a non-functioning judicial system (e.g. Brazil, Nigeria, Kenya, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan). In addition, there also is a sense of 'quick revenge' often mirroring the public sentiment. But is this public sentiment right? Understanding certain sentiments doesn't make those killings right... it just is the signal for 'taking the law into the own hands' through quick unreversable (personal) judgements and decision-making becomes a standard.
It is very telling that the movie got rejected by the audience as it deals with an issue the 'common man' doesn't want to actively confront.
Personally, I would have wished a clearer decision from Meghna's side... either a really documentary movie with all the consequences (the murder of 4 'caught', among them three minors, by a police that didn't even wait for a proper investigation to shoot them) or a completely fictional movie that would have served as a parabel mirroring the faults in the judicial machine. And I would have wished that she takes a firmer stand. As for the used case: maybe the culprits still enjoy their freedom and even have already committed other such heinous crimes... and the officers? how many encounters/forced confessions may they have done since 2019?
Edited by Clochette - 15 hours ago
0