To kill, not a mocking bird, but another mortal

I don't remember watching too many gruesome Hindi movies before Satya. It was a trend-setter of sorts. Pre-Satya, it was tomato sauce, post-Satya must have led to an upward spiral in the career graph of many a make-up artiste, specifically those who could make gun-ridden bodies look eerily realistic.

And now, in such similar theme based movies, the gruesome does not seem so grisly any longer. In fact the killing of another human being can have its shades of humour too. You've got to see Ab Tak Chappan (RGV has definitely scored with this one) to believe this. You have the whole theatre doubling up in laughter when Nana Patekar lauds Nakul Vaid (who btw happens to very cute) when the latter shoots a gangster in cold blood. A poster of the same movie at one of the local theatres also has Nana (grinning) with a pistol pointing to another guy's head (who is also grinning).

Is society becoming insensitive or is it just a bombardment of one gruesome movie after another or is it because crime is so commonplace, that nothing surprises you any more.

I had once asked a friend studying at NDA (the national defence academy, pune) how he would feel when he had to kill the adversary, for the first time. The usually boisterous boy was silent for some time, and then replied, it would be difficult initially, but later he would get used to it.

Coming back to movies, what is even more surprising (if I think of it) is that I would rather stand by the bad guy. Bhiku Mhatre in Satya or Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking, among countless other instances. I guess that is what good film-making is all about. To glorify the inhuman, and get away with it.

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