Bad Sleep Well

This is one of the excellent films made by Akhira Kurusova.  The title itself says it all.  But the surprising thing about this film is that it appears to portray, not the situation in Japan of 1950s but the situation in Tamil Nadu in 2018.  It is about corporations and Government Officials.  How do they indulge in unimaginable levels of corruption? They are ruthless, greedy they can smell money in everything that is done in the society. 

          IT has scenes like promoting and appointing Son in Law in a corporation, it is about sharing the illegal money with others.  Crucially it is about a man fighting the corruption.  But the difference between Tamil Films of yore is that the hero is not as powerful and his limitations, including his love for the richman’s daughter becomes a trap for not only for himself but for his love. 

          The dialogues are revealing.  Some times they are subtle and some times overt.  Many officials become and made to become victims and caught between corrupt superiors and moral dilemma.  Some are forced commit suicide to make them guilty and dead and to enable the big sharks to escape.  The system is so designed that it helps the corrupt and not the honest people.  As usual elites get away by utilizing the ways and means designed for them.  Honest man dies fighting and without success. 

          Wonderful film.  We can understand that corruption is inherent in the system. This films does not give hope, unlike Kamal Hasan or Rajnikanth or even MGR.  Only the BAD SLEEP WELL.