Mandela, Tamil socio-political drama and a story of an underprivileged hair dresser. The movie was release right before the GE in Tamilnadu this year in April. The movie run around local body election of village and the cast politics. The movie talk about how “Cast” rooted in the politics & how it creates impact on the mind of voters. An underprivileged hair dresser become a game changer in the local body election in village. an anonymous person who was struggling to create his own identity, who was finding his name, his background for two-time meal, one fine morning system create his identity, named him “Mandela”, make him citizen of Nation, bring him in a process of democracy. He turns to be a voter who does not have tradition & background of Cast. Mandela comes ahead, stand confidently against the element who want to break the democracy by the Cast weapon.
The Director throws light on what happens when voter
fail to grasp the importance & full power of their right to vote & get
seduced by freebies. Film set of remote villages where the eligible voters is
less then 700 and they are divided by cast lines. The decent & honest man
of village played by Sangili Murugan is the head of the village have two son
who are the half brother Rathanam & Mathi, belonging from different cast
have led the respected Cast group. Rathanam & Mathi are political rivals
and contesting election to lead the village when their father falls sick. Both boosted by greed and inflated egos stop
at nothing to win the election. And deeply divided village by “Cast” make their
job easy. Yogi Babu charter arise as a challenge who is nobody in the village.
The Yogi Babu’s charters a man who is mistreated &
exploited by the villagers. He even forgets his own name as people call him
using various insults. It all changes when he meets a good-natured postwoman
who create his identity & make him “Nelson Mandela”. Mandelas life change
in a night as he become important voter. The village engaged to use corrupt way
to lure Mandela & get his vote. At certain point in the film Mandela
understand the importance of his vote & ask leaders to act according to his
wish, he initiates and ask to change the picture of village. He builds way of
growth & development for villagers. A less educated man understand the
power of single vote & put a new picture Infront of villagers, which
stimulate the inner voice of villager.
Every village in India need one “Mandela” who initiate
the change above the “Cast hierarchy”.
Thank You
Viraj V Devdikar
