Monday 17 August 2015

Unfreedom movie banned in India

The movie has two parallel stories.

  1. A Muslim terrorist uses violence against a Muslim liberal. The intention here is to convert the Muslim liberal.
  2. A father uses violence to force marriage unto his lesbian daughter. The father thinks that being gay/lesbian is a disease.
The message of the movie is: violence does not solve problems in the long run.

Unfortunately, the movie fails to convey an important message: violence is perfectly fine for self-defence, in fact it is the right path.
In the movie, the characters don't use violence even for self defence. They continue to suffer (like Gandhi) at the hands of their violent perpetrators.
Gandhism works only in public; in private Gandhism fails miserably. In private, violence has to be countered with violence.
Hence, the movie is only average.

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