Badla (Revenge, Hindi, 2019)
Dhritarashtra, the blind king of the Kauravas, wanted an up-to-date account of the war. He summoned his charioteer, Sanjaya, who is said to have telepathic powers to describe the events in Kurushetra.
The narration of the battle is from one person's perspective (i.e. Sanjaya). It is told in a version the listener wants to hear, i.e. how his army is doing. The truth is not something so clear cut. It is akin to a blind man describing an elephant, standing at one end of the animal. The understanding of the whole picture depends on where he is coming from.
If Bhagavadgita were told by Draupadi, it would be a description of revenge and justification of violence on the grounds of humiliation and protecting one's dignity. As arbitration to avert war between cousins, the Pandavas and Kauravas, was on-going, Draupadi was all out for a clash to settle the score.
Influenced by how one tells his story, his body language, his persuasive skill, and how much he can use his sophist skills, he can manipulate the situation as he wants. It is not about fighting for justice or fear of retribution that seems to be the correct thing to do. In the modern world, it is rhetoric, deviant criminal minds and lawyers in expensive suits who will save the day.
In the cerebral battle of the minds, the truth can bend, and a lie may turn white. Forgiveness may become an act of revenge, and the truth may lie in the details.
This Hindi crime drama is a gripping tale of a high-flying award-winning businesswoman who is embroiled in the murder of her lover. The successful woman is under house arrest and may be imprisoned in three hours. The whole movie is about her conversation with her new appointment, hot-shot lawyer. Yoyoing between truths and untruths, both try to find a sure way to save her skin. What awaits them at the end is the crux of the movie.
Nice one. 4.5/5.
The adage 'truth will prevail' is a fallacy. It just a lullaby song to pacify losers. The truth is determined by the victors who would cast it in stone as the ultimate truth.
Dhritarashtra, the blind king of the Kauravas, wanted an up-to-date account of the war. He summoned his charioteer, Sanjaya, who is said to have telepathic powers to describe the events in Kurushetra.
The narration of the battle is from one person's perspective (i.e. Sanjaya). It is told in a version the listener wants to hear, i.e. how his army is doing. The truth is not something so clear cut. It is akin to a blind man describing an elephant, standing at one end of the animal. The understanding of the whole picture depends on where he is coming from.
If Bhagavadgita were told by Draupadi, it would be a description of revenge and justification of violence on the grounds of humiliation and protecting one's dignity. As arbitration to avert war between cousins, the Pandavas and Kauravas, was on-going, Draupadi was all out for a clash to settle the score.
Influenced by how one tells his story, his body language, his persuasive skill, and how much he can use his sophist skills, he can manipulate the situation as he wants. It is not about fighting for justice or fear of retribution that seems to be the correct thing to do. In the modern world, it is rhetoric, deviant criminal minds and lawyers in expensive suits who will save the day.
In the cerebral battle of the minds, the truth can bend, and a lie may turn white. Forgiveness may become an act of revenge, and the truth may lie in the details.
This Hindi crime drama is a gripping tale of a high-flying award-winning businesswoman who is embroiled in the murder of her lover. The successful woman is under house arrest and may be imprisoned in three hours. The whole movie is about her conversation with her new appointment, hot-shot lawyer. Yoyoing between truths and untruths, both try to find a sure way to save her skin. What awaits them at the end is the crux of the movie.
Nice one. 4.5/5.
The adage 'truth will prevail' is a fallacy. It just a lullaby song to pacify losers. The truth is determined by the victors who would cast it in stone as the ultimate truth.
In the end, the truth will prevail. Good and evil keep at war.Whichever wins, future will believe it as the prevailing truth.”
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