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Hi, this is atul - i produced this film. i did so as i was mad to make a film and it could not have been frivilous. I am not too sure if the film would be ringing bells at the box office-though i would love to get my money back to make more such film, but it is an honest effort. Most of us involved in producing this film are better human beings compared to what we were when we started studying the content of/for the film. I really appreciate and am truly overwhelmed when people laud our effort - irrespective of the success of the film. I may not entirely agree when ASH says that the film does not offer any solution to the rural poverty, agrarian crisis, lop sided development issue but i salute her for mentioning that we have to prick our minds to search for solutions. We have not told a very complicated story - its just a real/realistic story. If you wish to know what solution i have for all this mess, well, for starters lets look beyond our AC car windows, realise there is a problem and probably develop compassion for our co-humans in India and elsewhere. Once we do that, i am sure newer ideas would make way to help the childrens of lesser gods. D’caprio said a wonderful line in Blood Diamond, “i think gods left this place long time back’. Lets put an effort to get the gods back to the homes of those who need it more than us.

Hi Atul, thanks for your response!

I just wanted to point out that Meetu is the actual author of this blog-post - I merely linked to her post here on DesiPundit. Hopefully, she will read this comment and reply to you.

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Hey Atul, thanks for putting your heart and money in bring this issue to us.

I was actually referring to Shankya’s dialogue in which he alluded to the fact that the micro credit system is an idea conceived by a common criminal like him. But, educated people could have better ideas if they set their mind to it.

And I was sharing the same sentiment with the readers that we should think of solutions instead of expecting the movie to come up with a 100% practical solution.

Thanks, once again!

Hi meetu, Please dont thank me. I am actually touched by your support to the cause of (if i may say) poor of the world. I absolutely agree with you when you say “we are intelligent people out here. Why don’t we do something?”. We have been majorly affected by Bhagat Singh and we have very subtly tried to adopt it in the last scene. Rahul had an option of not surrendering to the cops and remain free once he was out of the village (he was an escapist, he did it to sudents who were going to vote for him at college) but he decides to get arrested, put his point of view in the court and use his fathers influence to get the media to report the issue. He knows that when a big guy goes to jail everyone wants to know the reason. The solution will start from a point when we as a nation and a generation would acknowledge that there is a problem which needs to be addressed.

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Yeah Atul, I liked what Rahul did in the end. In the strangest way, it was sad and yet, inspirational.

Also, from the writing part of view it was nice because the transformation was to the other extreme of what his character was, but, it didn’t look unbelievable. The events that happened in between made him change gradually.

No social reform can happen overnight, so yes a baby step is to realize that there is a problem. And it need not be only in this particular area, right? So much around us needs to change. It will be great to try and make whatever little change in whatever way we can.

Do let me know if you get a chance to read the whole article.

Thanks!

Hi Atul ,

Your concept was really heart Touching and inspiring …………..
I would say your project has really touched
our hearts …

Changes can not be made overnight , but at least efforts can be started . Its really hard to take such decisions of involving your self for sake of country cause . because each of us have a lot of things to proof for our self , but those who forget there personal advantages , really make changes and in real meaning proves there live .Its easy to say but really hard to follow .
We Must learn from your subject .

Thanks ……………

Hi Sobhit

am touched too that guys like you have chosen to see a socially relevent film and cared to write about it. In a country like ours where cinema travels deep into minds and hearts of people, it is extremely important to make films which raise a social issue.

god bless.