The Godhra massacre and the carnage that followed was a big black blot on the country’s secular character. The movie brings to life , those horrifying incidents through the life of a Parsi family , who are involuntarily caught in between the fighting factions. It beautifully elucidates how social circles crumble , and religion becomes more important than life; when fanaticism replaces rationality and reason is clouded with revenge.
Corruption and government propaganda is openly exposed as Nasiruddin Shah and his wife Sarika, look for their missing son. An American looks for answers , while writing his thesis on Gandhi , and finds them , not in violence but in self correction and non-violence. A revenge seeking Muslim realizes that “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”.
The direction and the screenplay are very good and first class acting packs an additional punch to this emotionally disturbing movie. Hats off to the sound director and the editor who have made the movie as effective as it could have been . Do not watch this movie , just because it’s acclaimed and controversial , or the acting and the direction are very good. Watch it because it is trying desperately to drive home an important lesson everyone needs to learn in these tumultuous times.
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