After critical realism Indian crime films such as “manslaughter and deception”, “Jay BIM” and “criminal code 375”, the recently born “old enemy” has long and common faults, but the story has enough ups and downs, from rape, murder and body burning cases to police abuse of power, to political and police collusion and public opinion manipulation. The reversal is frequent, and the scale is shocking!
At the beginning, Saba, a female college professor, was raped to death, and even her body was cruelly burned. The mother who came to identify the body simply collapsed to the ground in despair and helplessness.
As a female teacher, the principal openly insulted her to the teachers and students of the school, “why is she still outside at 10:30 in the evening?” “If you lose a teacher, there are a hundred that can be replaced. The honor of the school is damaged, but it is irretrievable.” “She will be remembered, but not as an example, but as a warning.”
Newspapers, television, Internet and other media also broadcast “rape and murder of female professors” and “burning bodies” every day, and various eye-catching words take turns. The female professor’s students protested on the street and asked for a thorough investigation of the matter, but they were beaten by the police.
The matter became more and more serious, and the federal government could not sit still. Their leaders immediately set up an investigation team and named deputy inspector sajan to take over the matter.
Faced with many doubts, the deputy inspector did not explain. First, he stopped the police who suppressed students, then interviewed the beaten girl and listened to the appeal patiently. After hearing the other mother’s cry, he said, “I swear, I will catch the murderer within 30 days!”
After the deputy inspector sajan traced the case, he really cut the mess with a sharp knife! He soon caught four gangsters based on the testimony of witnesses of a car accident around him. Unexpectedly, the media exposed the matter in advance.
These four people are all thugs with criminal records, because they have helped political parties deal with many dirty things, so they are all covered up! After the four people were arrested, they were also very arrogant and threatened to “not tell you the truth”. Two gang bosses in White told them in front of the police that these four people could only be imprisoned for three years!
Even if the escort police car was driving on the empty road, the four suspects proudly shouted in the back seat, “don’t worry, we will be released soon! Hahaha!”
While the four gangsters cheered happily, deputy inspector sajan stopped the car, took out a pistol, loaded the bullet, and pressed the trigger. He exercised the so-called “just act” and killed the four suspects!
The next day, the police boss talked to the media. He claimed that the deputy inspector had no choice but to shoot the four suspects who tried to escape with guns during the on-site evidence collection.
For a time, the hero became a “national hero”, but he must be tried. A trial kicked off, but the next story was unexpected, because the death of the female professor was not just rape, murder and burning!
The white haired lawyer defending the deputy inspector first made an impassioned statement, saying: “substantive justice is far more important than procedural justice!” He also incited the crowd to shout, “if anyone here can touch his conscience and accuse the police is wrong, then i…”
Before saying anything, a trembling hand was raised in the prosecution seat. It was the other party’s lawyer. This man was still a lame man. But this person’s subsequent remarks made the whole audience in an uproar.
The lame lawyer questioned in public: “why did those four people die like this without going to court?” He also raised a question: “why did the death of an ordinary professor get widespread media attention!”
Facing the mother of the deceased, she said that all the media knew that she was raped and killed, and the lame lawyer shelled. If the media came to announce the solution and the police came to punish, what’s the use of so many clowns in black coats and robes?
As the debate unfolded, the mother of the deceased was questioned by the lame lawyer. After all, she did not see how her daughter died with her own eyes, which could not prove that the other party was raped and killed, and directly stunned the other party.
Then, the lame lawyer began to question the witness. After all, the witness saw only four people deal with the body, but did not see the rape and murder process. In addition, four people can’t drive, so there must be a fifth person who is a driver. Why isn’t the fifth person exposed?
The story flashed back to the past. In the university where the female professor was located, a female doctor who was studying suddenly hanged herself! The female professor found that the deceased’s tutor regarded her as a cheap labor force, repeatedly plagiarized her academic achievements, criticized her in her thesis, and deliberately refused to let her pass. After all, the female doctor was from a “Dalit” family.
The female doctor has been studying for seven years, but she still can’t graduate, so she chose suicide in despair! The female professor was extremely angry and determined to seek justice for her students. She asked the headmaster for justice, but was accused of poor pressure resistance. She went to the police station to complain, and the policeman only said that she was meddling.
The female teacher planned to file a higher-level judicial complaint, but the police tipped off the school overnight. The bad tutor panicked and killed the female professor in the middle of the night.
It’s obviously a hit and run case. Why did it turn into a rape and murder case? Because behind the case, there is a dark political struggle! Federal leaders are struggling for the upcoming election. He wants to use this case to arouse public opinion, so as to shift the focus and improve the support rate!
Therefore, the deputy inspector found four people with criminal records to burn the bodies, and bribed the media to let the news of “female professors were raped and killed and burned the bodies” be overwhelming, deliberately ordering the police to beat students, instantly causing public anger! Finally, let’s welcome the hero “deputy inspector” to preside over justice, so as to enhance the public opinion vote of the police.
On the eve of the trial, the deputy inspector was already guilty, and his son suffered a car accident for no reason. There is no doubt that the leader did it, threatening the hero in this way. So he secretly revealed the truth to the lame lawyer. This reversal is really big enough!
This film contains a great amount of information and is extremely afraid of thinking carefully. The screenwriter once said in the mouth of a white haired lawyer, “the dignity of a country is the dignity it gives women.”
Instead, the lame lawyer said that every time you hear a rape case, you will be shocked. Then there is a rape case in India every 15 minutes! And even if there is no such vicious case, the tragedy of “untouchable” women who failed the doctoral examination often occurs!
Political leaders can make the police know the law and break the law. He also said without shame: “the biggest weapon of politicians is emotion, public emotion and madness. As long as we ignite their emotions, when they forget everything because of this emotion, we can brainwash and realize rule.”
Lame lawyer pointed out that this news spread wildly on TV, newspapers and the Internet for several weeks, and instantly became the only topic in this 1.3 billion population country, while the truth of the crime was confused by politicians. How sad?
The lame lawyer admitted, “on the contrary, justice is like a cup of instant tea, which becomes instant tea and instant coffee.” So far, with the protests of the masses, the ugly faces of politicians, and the unfinished case, the whole film came to an abrupt end!
The dark side of Indian society, such as the situation of women, educational corruption, political conspiracy, racial discrimination, police cover up, media manipulation, mass ignorance, and legal credibility, has been exposed naked and shocking. The rhythm, suspense and characterization of the film are excellent, which can be called a classic!