aseemtribhuvan

Revenge films are all about imparting justice and restoring order. They talk to out basic and primitive instinct of revenge, which we also know by other names like vengeance, retribution or retaliation. No other feeling but revenge is the most powerful feeling which had overpowered our history and our religion. You are well acquainted with this emotion but you are not well acquainted with right kind of revenge films. Because of typically irritating bollywood revenge films the genre has always been projected as a triumph of the virtue over the vice; good finally winning against bad; hero killing the villain. But what happens when the line between virtue and vice; good and bad; hero and villain starts getting blurred? When this line gets blurred and a little boy from Mumbai slums stands against the sexual harassment of his mentally retired younger sister, you get to see the most interesting short film I have ever seen, Manjha. Manjha - a film by Rahi Anil Barve

Let me tell you what happens to Anna when he leaves the village Mangrool. Anna leaves for Bengaluru to stay with his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter (you remember Anna talking to them via video conferencing… right ?) Anna’s son is a software engineer and he is working with one of the biggest international conglomerates in Bengaluru. He is an IIT pass out and married to a very finely cultured lady. She was a software engineer by profession (not IIT pass out) but decided to be a house-maker so to look after the bringing up of their daughter. With Anna’s arrival the family is more than happy. Daughter-in-law is the happiest one as she knows that Anna will be sharing the responsibility of looking after her daughter. Anna after settling down at his son’s home, soon starts rejuvenating his contacts in the city. He starts writing for newspapers. He prefers writing in Marathi and sometimes in English. He starts sending his write ups to newspapers like Sakal in Pune and Maharashtra Times...