THE 9 PROBLEMS IN KATHTHI Kudos to Ilayathalapathy Vijay - AR Murugadoss!! WATER SCARCITY Water Scarcity is the running theme of Kaththi. The director has made sure that the problems seriousness, which most people take for granted, is felt in the sequences in which the urbane go berserk without water for 3 days, while there are villages that hasn’t had water for years. WHATS COMMUNISM? Namma pasi poga saapdura innoru idli aduthavanodathu - The idli we eat even though when our stomachs are full is someone elses. Jeevanandams fight is for this ideology, which is lost along with the impoverished. And fans: “To Kaththis Repeat Audience - In a week of full shows, the 2nd ticket you buy for yourself is someone elses.“ THE STRIVING CAPITALISM Corporate ngrathu oru silanthi valai, athula maatina oru poochi thaan gramam - Villages are just insects stuck in the wide Corporate Web. POLICES INCOMPETENCE The incapable polices blame game is shown in the scene in which the Kolkatta Police frame the escaped convict to have killed the security guard, even when they knew that the murder was committed by someone else. CORRUPTION Corruption is the root of all evil. To right a wrong, all it takes is a price as everyone out there has a price tag. Kaththi has scenes that showcase the corruption that has grown into bureaucracy and judiciary! LACK OF PASSION AMONG SENIOR CITIZEN Retirement isnt based on your Date of Birth. Its more of your will. When people like Thanthai Periyar, Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi fought for the needs of people when they were way post the retirement age, why cant the just-in-paper retired stand for their needs? Kaththi asks this rightful question. WHAT BECOMES NEWS? Every news story has a value - Someone who says he will alight himself has some value, and someone who alights himself has a higher value. The basic needs of people doesnt find much value to be given slots in TV Channels and coverage in dailies. The insensitive media is another issue Kaththi has touched upon. THE FARMERS SAD PLIGHT When farmers state isnt worthy enough, for attention, they are forced adopt the one way left for them to get attention, Motha TVyum Pathirikaiyum vivasayatha thirumbi paaka vivasayigalukku therinja orey vazhi - Mass Suicide. “Arisi kondu vara therinja engalukku, kashtatha kondu varra theriyala” and “Nammala patni pottavangalukku namma saapadu podanum” captures the farmers munificence even in times of extreme duress. THE OPENING CREDITS Kaththi starts right from the minute the opening credits roll out. Though the symbolism used is subtle, its powerful. We have silhouettes of machines (which displaces the poorer sections of the population from their basic needs) in outlines of birds, cows, and women - representing the living and humane. Industrialization and what it does to the impoverished is another issue that is featured in Kaththi.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:01:45 +0000
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