This is a tremendously inspiring movie based on a true story and a rare instance where the writers and filmmakers did not take creative liberties. What a tour de force.
We live in a post-truth world where we can see real-time videos of atrocities being committed around the world yet those doing evil deeds lie openly and brazenly in public and private. The principle thesis of this film seems archaic and old-fashioned - that honesty is the best policy.
Vikrant Massey is a genius actor who embodied the real-life character IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma's credo: "We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness." from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire. Seeing his undying fire restarting, again and again, was truly inspirational, repeated failures are not the end, but strategy must be improved otherwise we embody insanity.
The absolutely gruelling process of the Indian Union Public Service Commission, with its multiple gates and circles in a game of snakes and ladders, is something to be respected and feared. Having gone through a shadow of those trials I can certainly relate. Ultimately as an elder stated late in the film, the point of the process was to select the bold and honest.
Medha Shankar as real-life IRS office Shraddha Joshi is unparalleled and unequalled in the annals of women who believed in their men and inspired them to greatness beyond their own wildest dreams. She embodies loyalty, dedication, fearlessness and above all love that makes me want to stand up and salute. I am blessed to have such a life partner and I know what a difference it makes.
This movie should make you want to be a more honest person, and to seek pleasure in the journey, picking yourself up every time you fall, and take satisfaction from playing the game honestly and avoiding cheating at all costs.
We live in a post-truth world where we can see real-time videos of atrocities being committed around the world yet those doing evil deeds lie openly and brazenly in public and private. The principle thesis of this film seems archaic and old-fashioned - that honesty is the best policy.
Vikrant Massey is a genius actor who embodied the real-life character IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma's credo: "We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness." from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire. Seeing his undying fire restarting, again and again, was truly inspirational, repeated failures are not the end, but strategy must be improved otherwise we embody insanity.
The absolutely gruelling process of the Indian Union Public Service Commission, with its multiple gates and circles in a game of snakes and ladders, is something to be respected and feared. Having gone through a shadow of those trials I can certainly relate. Ultimately as an elder stated late in the film, the point of the process was to select the bold and honest.
Medha Shankar as real-life IRS office Shraddha Joshi is unparalleled and unequalled in the annals of women who believed in their men and inspired them to greatness beyond their own wildest dreams. She embodies loyalty, dedication, fearlessness and above all love that makes me want to stand up and salute. I am blessed to have such a life partner and I know what a difference it makes.
This movie should make you want to be a more honest person, and to seek pleasure in the journey, picking yourself up every time you fall, and take satisfaction from playing the game honestly and avoiding cheating at all costs.