Hotel Rwanda

This is a movie that released in 2004 that won many accolades internationally. I happened to find the name a little hatke and so decided to give it a watch. And believe me, you will not be disappointed.

In Africa, there were mainly two tribes the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Hutus believe they are supreme and the Tutsis are cockroaches and need to be eradicated. There is a radio station that keeps broadcasting how the Hutus should join forces and clean the earth of these cockroaches. It is in this state that there arises a civil war, with the Hutu army coming out on streets killing Tutsis..mainly the children so that they can finish off ther next generation and thus prevent any more from stemming. The hutu army called the militia killed mercilessly any Tutsi they saw.

Here we have Paul Russesebagina who strives in difficult situations to keep his family alive. It is a true story about Paul Rusesebagina, a Hutu and his wife Tatiana a Tutsi, and how he strives to save his family and also helps others in need against all odds.

Paul is a hotel manager of an international Hotel Mille Collines. He shelters almost more than a thousand Tutsis and takes them to security. We also see how corrupt the militia are and bow down if given booze and money. Also the UN who is supposed to intervene and help these people only makes arrangements to evacuate the whiltes from the province. They very easily turn their back on the others since they are black, they are Africans!

The movie is very well made. The best scene is where Paul is going to get supplies for the hotel and his car keeps hitting roadblocks and the expression on his face when he sees why. After he comes back to the hotel all his composure is lost. He knows he cannot tell his wife the truth for it will be too much for her to take. It gives you goosebumps. The performances of all the actors is so real that for the whole movie you feel it is you who is being tortured, who is fighting for life, who is striving to keep people safe.

I'd say do watch this movie when you can. Its an awesome movie and it makes me wonder...the same thing might have happened in Kashmir...but the Bollywood movies we make on such subjects never have such an effect on you. We should learn to keep serious movies serious and not add songs and love scenes to spice it up where not needed. 

Anyway, kudos to this director for such a fine piece of direction. Thanks!