Assi: Anubhav Sinha reminds us why the Dhurandhar-fication of society is not a real solution | Opinion-entertainment News
Cinema, more often than not, is a reflection of the times we live in. It is said that when Salim-Javed were churning out one hit after another in the 1970s with the ‘angry young man’, the society was going through a phase of extreme unrest and wished for a ‘hero’ who would fight against the unjust system that worked against the honest, hard-working common man. In the current scenario, films like Dhurandhar are somewhat reflective of the times we are living in. The politics of the film might divide the audience, but one can’t deny that the idea of ‘naya Hindustan’, revenge, and ‘ghar mein ghuske maarenge’ has been so deeply ingrained in the minds of the audience via different forms of media that when they watch something like Dhurandhar, they believe that ‘badla’ is the only way forward. But, is revenge justice? And is that idea of justice even just? Assi explores this Dhurandhar-fication of justice and bluntly asks, ‘Is committing a murder a valid form of justice?’, and this question has only one …
