This is the title of a south Indian movie that was released on July 2022. I have seen quite a lot of movies and read articles about rape, sexual harassment, molestation, gender violence, etc., We know that a lot of incidents are taking place every second and then. When there is such an incident, people talk about the physical pain that the victim has gone through and rarely about the psychological aspects.
The movie focuses on the main character led by a woman (named Gargi) who takes an aside with one of the abusers of child rape. Gargi is working as a school teacher born into a middle-class family and got settled in Chennai. She has a younger sister who goes to school and her mother is a housewife.
The story begins when her father (aged around 60) goes missing on the same day when six people who raped a minor girl were arrested. She insists her mother keep her younger sister safe as she is of the same age as the victim. Meanwhile, she searches for her missing father. Her father was arrested as one of the abusers and she believes it to be a mistake as he is a worker in the crime spot. Before she could try to understand, things ended up in court. She stands with him, believes him, and fights for him.
She recalls how she was molested by one of her school teachers during childhood. Her father stood all by her and taught her to be brave and retaliate when things go bad. All memories gave her strong grounds to battle against the false accusation made against her father. This is how everyone out there reacts when it’s pointed to the family.
Though the movie contains a lot of court and police scenes, crime spots, and some hard visuals of child abuse yet it brings out the psychological aspects of the victim’s and the abuser’s family who goes through much pain. Gargi finds out that even her father was one among them while collecting evidence to prove her father innocent. And at the last, Gargi acts morally and makes sure that justice is being served even though she ended up losing.
The main lead did her part so well and it feels like you’re walking through her parts of life. Though most of the reports and articles say that child abusers are friends, family members, neighbors and its hard to find until the child opens up. It’s not easy for them to forget and heal their traumas irrespective of gender.
This movie created a huge impact on me and the family was given more importance than the gender stereotype which was thought-provoking. It’s kind of a hard-hitting and moderate thriller movie. However, it slaps you with the question “What if that was your father or one of your family members?
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