Was the child labour shown in the movie Chillar Party justified?

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Posted: 3 years ago

The directorial debut of Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl was a small film, Chillar Party released in 2011, which had a bunch of child artists as protagonists. It was a small film, but it was critically acclaimed and it even won National Award. Rightfully so, because the movie had a well-crafted and believable story with an honest message and good performances.

Movie's one of the main characters is "Fatka", an orphan whose dog "Bhidu" is his only family, he lives in an old abandoned car, wears the same clothes and works as a car washer in a society, where other members of Chillar Party live. So here, the movie shows the harsh life of orphaned and abandoned kids who are ignored by everyone from government to society.

However, there's a plot point in the film, where the main villain who is a powerful minister, wants to throw the boy and his dog out of the society and for that he threatens the guy who appointed him for doing child labour. While the villain's intentions are wrong in the movie, he does have a point.

Why is a small kid who is supposed to go to school and study like other kids of his age, is working to earn his living? He has no home, no elder to look after him, earns peanuts which are not even enough to fill his belly completely, he has only one pair of dirty clothes. The movie portrays a sad reality of society, and it also kind of justifies it. Because honestly, we can't do anything for these kids. We know child labour is wrong, but if we don't give these orphaned kids work, they'll not survive.

So was child labour justified in this case? Is child labour justified in similar cases in real life?

Posted: 3 years ago

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Posted: 3 years ago

I don't remember, does the minister offer to get Fatka into school or a orphanage?

Posted: 3 years ago

Originally posted by joycee19


I don't remember, does the minister offer to get Fatka into school or a orphanage?

No, he just threatened the man who hired the kid to throw him out of the society or he would get him arrested for doing child labour.

Posted: 3 years ago

Then I think it is justified to some level. It's, as you said, to help him survive. 

The residents are not trying  to keep him at same status so he will serve them for life. Even if it would have been shown, it would never be  portrayed  in a positive light to encourage such behavior. 

Movies portray a reality. People understand child labor should not be encouraged, but then they can't show that the society residents get Fatka into school or pay for his living, because 90% of this not the reality.

It's not the case of justified or not justified , but showing a situation as close to real life as possible.


  

Edited by joycee19 - 3 years ago
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