Yes, we all have seen the TV series office office and Mr. Musaddi Lal. This movie has the same characters, the same corrupt people in the hospital, in the corporator's office, at the samshan bhumi, at ganga dham, at the pension office. In short everywhere.
At the time when India struggles to get the Jan Lokpal Bill to pass, this movie shows how a common man can fight against corruption. You do not need a law to fight against corruption. To fight corruption all you need to do is, FIGHT corruption.
Sure, all I said is true and its not as easy to do as it is to write or enact. This is precisely what I feel went wrong with this movie. Everything here is too easy.
In the movie, Musaddi Lal loses his wife owing to a corrupt doctor. He then decides to take his wife's ashes to the char dham where he meets corrupt ticket collectors and panditjis. Meanwhile the pension officers come to verify if Musaddi Lal is alive, since he hasn't collected his cheque since 3 months. Since they find his house locked, they declare him dead. The fight then begins when he starts a battle wherein he has to prove that he is alive so that he gets the pension he rightfully deserves.
He fights among the people and takes the matter to court, where luckily he finds a judge who is not corrupt. If everyone everywhere is corrupt, how is the judge not corrupt?
So, you know that this is a movie and it will have a happy ending. So that's it. He wins.
It sure does inspire you for a while. It tells you to act against corruption by not being a part of it. Don't bribe anyone to get your work done and that is how you fight corruption. If everyone follows this, you have passed the Jan Lokpal Bill.
At the time when India struggles to get the Jan Lokpal Bill to pass, this movie shows how a common man can fight against corruption. You do not need a law to fight against corruption. To fight corruption all you need to do is, FIGHT corruption.
Sure, all I said is true and its not as easy to do as it is to write or enact. This is precisely what I feel went wrong with this movie. Everything here is too easy.
In the movie, Musaddi Lal loses his wife owing to a corrupt doctor. He then decides to take his wife's ashes to the char dham where he meets corrupt ticket collectors and panditjis. Meanwhile the pension officers come to verify if Musaddi Lal is alive, since he hasn't collected his cheque since 3 months. Since they find his house locked, they declare him dead. The fight then begins when he starts a battle wherein he has to prove that he is alive so that he gets the pension he rightfully deserves.
He fights among the people and takes the matter to court, where luckily he finds a judge who is not corrupt. If everyone everywhere is corrupt, how is the judge not corrupt?
So, you know that this is a movie and it will have a happy ending. So that's it. He wins.
It sure does inspire you for a while. It tells you to act against corruption by not being a part of it. Don't bribe anyone to get your work done and that is how you fight corruption. If everyone follows this, you have passed the Jan Lokpal Bill.
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