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.
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