Today we saw the movie "Ek Ruka Hua Faisla" in our OB Lecture. The movie is the Hindi adaptation of the English movie "12 Angry Men". No surprises for guessing which one scores better. The Indian version is not bad but somehow the seriousness of the issue is lost in the gimmicks of few characters. I would give a 2/5 to the Desi version.
The movie is about how a person can change the mind of a whole crowd , by sticking to his/her convictions backed up by rationale thinking. The protagonist approaches the subject of capital punishment with caution and wants the other member of jury to convince him , that convicted person is guilty. In this whole process of discussion and heated arguments we can observe so many facets of human behavior. A few in the room have "don't care" type of attitude , who just happened to be there on the Jury. Then a few are there who are of the type "I am always right" . They have some prejudices and they want to stick to it. Their are also a few who have good analytical skills and have conjured up lots of facts and data. What differentiates all these men from the protagonist ( played by Henry Fonda) is the way he draws his inferences using various analytical tools and proving if something is universally accepted , it doesn't have to be always correct. I would not tell the ending here , and spoil the movie for all who haven't seen it. I would recommend a "Must See".
Take Away from the movie :
1. When dealing with Humans nothing is written on the wall as golden rule. As one of the characters puts it " Yeh koi science nahin hai , jahan sab kuch nishchit hoti hai " ( this is not science where everything is fixed and proven).
2. Have an open mind to everything in life and crtically analyze aspect of a situation before making any decision.
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excellent movie....12 angry men...everyone's perspective with so much rationalization and whole jury system...superb present
ation.
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