No one killed Jessica

I liked it. I can easily say it was one of the best hindi movies i've seen in a while. I had gone in kind of expecting the typical bollywood melodrama but thankfully i was disappointed in that aspect. Its a movie that hits you right at the start and keeps on doing so continuously. Loved Vidya balan's performance. She proves yet again that she is one of the best actresses in the country and that too without having to show off her 'jawaani'. Rani mukherjee puts in a commendable performance as well alongwith the guy who played the good cop, Rajesh Sharma i think (atlast a bollywood cop with scruples). The rest of the casting and acting was quite decent too.
There was a natural air to it all to make it all even more believable and knowing how the story goes beforehand, you find yourself getting angry even before the witness turns hostile or the accused is released. The only one flaw(small) i found was the cursing. Not that i mind it but everytime someone tries to curse in english, say b**** or f*** i found myself wincing. Too forced it seemed, as if just for the sake of having said it. But other than that, TWO THUMBS UP! One for the movie, the other for the music score, which was awesome too.
Now, the movie puts up certain questions, or statements rather. Some obvious, others quite not so. Let me start with the former. The most obvious is the age-old power and money story, that of those with both can get away with anything including shooting a person at point blank range in the midst of 300 people strong crowd. The very thought of it is enough to make you sick and knowing that it really happened makes you want to kill somebody yourself. Our country's gone to the dogs we say and we fed it to them. The good news is that we still might be able to save it. If we are able pull together we might just bring down the edifices of wanton power as shown in the movie. With the growth of internet reach and mobile communication in the country, getting the word out on issues is just a click's worth of work. People shouldn't be afraid of their governments, the governments should be afraid of the people (refer to 'V for Vendetta').
Another issue brought up that i really liked was that of the need for a proper witness protection program in the country. Though in the movie its just a passing reference its importance was thoroughly felt. It is an old issue which is still in the works, probably being slowed down by the same bureaucrats who thrive in its absence. The very fact that even after so many such incidents any form of it has failed to materialize is evidence to the fact that there is something very wrong with our country. Sometimes i feel like it has lost all sense of conscience and is acting like a little child with wild abandon oblivious of the consequences. And its not just the people in office and power, everyone is a part of the gang, all the way from the media to you, me and the local rickshaw wallah who wont run the meter.
And even though movie tries hard to end on a positive note, to make you believe that justice has been served, we all know the course history will run. Just a year and a half ago, Manu Sharma was released on bail and found partying once again. Media uproar led to his prompt return behind bars but it is only a matter of time before this nation grows tired of this news and he slips back into his former life unnoticed.
Because though they have tried hard to make us discount our prejudices against the media of being TRP whores and cast them in a new light as altruists with an inane sense of justice, their true face has been there for all to see. i dont think i need to elaborate any further on this.
We're a society with way too many problems and too little solutions. The power to heal lies in the hands of the people. It is a slow process where the results are mostly far from satisfactory. But we have to persevere, no matter what the odds, and most of all we need to uphold in our actions the very values of democracy that we seek to redeem.
Viva la Revolucion!!

Verdict : SUPER LIKE
(for rating pattern please refer to post #1)