‘Jai Bhim’ - Disabled Conversation

‘Jai Bhim’ - Disabled Conversation

‘Jai Bhim’ is one of the recent Tamil films that speak sensible harsh politics. It can also be considered as the first Tamil film to speak of the pain of the oppressed to this extent. But the fair dialogue that ‘Jai Bhim’ was supposed to raise in the Tamil film industry has reached a stalemate.

There does not seem to be any legitimate reason for a political party to oppose the film so fiercely. It does not seem appropriate for any writer who is in some way related to the film to act as if the film were being set aside by the reactionary without proper progressive reasons.

‘Jai Bhim’ can also be referred to as a kind of biopic. The film is a biopic of a simple man, as opposed to a biopic of leaders and eminent personalities of the community. The film is also a biopic about Chandru, who was working as a lawyer, judge and currenly now a social activist.

The crises that Chandru faced as a lawyer can be understood from the crises that the film faced. It can be understood from the protests against the film that the political parties in Tamil Nadu are the reason for the non-release of political films in Tamil.

In recent times, films depicting the struggles of the people of the Communist Party have not been released for such a long time. It is also worth noting that despite some hesitation in pointing to the film ‘Jai Bhim’ as a parallel to an elegant work of art one cannot expect this much politically speaking artistry in a commercial film.

There are no hero worship songs in ‘Jai Bhim’. There are no punchy songs that make the heroines dance in glamour costumes. No heroic adventures. The protagonist of the story has no heroine. The film moves closer to reality through the most natural depictions.

‘Jai Bhim’ is an important film next to 'Visaranai' which exposes the grim face of state terrorism. Like the film ‘Merku thodarchi malai’ where the pains and sufferings of the tribes are recorded, the film also strongly depicts the life struggles of the tribes.

The film shows through various visual layers that class is the caste of India and class difference is the caste difference.

This is the film that the protagonist not required a heroine, a song not required glamour, a hero not required overdo image and so on Surya and Jyotika, who produced and Gnanavel who directed the film are commentable.

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