I never believed I was ever going to sit for hours to watch a film. That’s how uninterested I can be in watching films until I decided to rate people’s hype. What’s about Maharaja, the movie with a lot of hype then I decided to give it a watch.
Firstly, there may be more interesting movies than this which is actually certain but the irony in the movie and what it portrays makes it my favorite movie.
Maharaja is an Indian action thriller movie produced by Sudhan Sundaram which centers around the ills of the society and how the rich, wealthy and connected ones treat the poor. Unfortunately, no one can ever tell if they may be hurting someone close to them.
Story plot
The wife of Maharaja, a barber at Ramki Saloon dies as a faulty truck crushes into their house leaving their daughter, Jothi alive as a dustbin saved her by covering her up. Out of affection, Jothi and Maharaja names the dustbin, Lakshmi.
One night, Maharaja’s home was robbed and the robbers took his properties including Lakshmi. Maharaja didn’t want any other thing. He only wanted to find Lakshmi before Jothi travels back home. Even though Maharaja was offered a lot of money just to forget the dustbin, he was still bent on finding Lakshmi.
After the robbers realized that Maharaja was still bent on finding his dustbin, they went to his house and raped his daughter, Jothi.
Eventually, Selvam, one of the robbers sees a scar on Jothi’s hand and realizes that he’s the real father of Jothi and Maharaja is just an adopted father.
My thoughts and opinion
Firstly, I’d love to say that I loved how bad Selvam felt after realizing that Jothi was his daughter. That’s to show the pain that a wicked person feels. That’s how sad someone can feel when you realize that you’re one of those who raped your biological daughter.
This even made me realize that the wicked ones feel pain too especially when their loved one is affected. That’s exactly what’s happening in our world today. People careless about you until you’re their family member and that isn’t fair.
Yes, there are people like Maharaja who takes care of things that do not really belong to them. He has a good heart and if you have a good heart just like him also, just know that there are just a few people like you.
If I’m to talk about my favorite scene, I’ll go for the scene where Selvam go to know that Jothi whom he previously named Ammu was his daughter. You all need to see how pained he was. The pain was written all over his face.
Right since the beginning of the movie, I never wished Selvam well just like I never wish anyone who engages in things that make people cry well.
This film wants me to explore the slum part pf my country and not just the slum parts but I want to see how many women have been raped and forcefully raising a fatherless child.
If things like all these wickedness acts continue to happen in the world, more people will become stone hearted, more people will become scared and depressed and the world wouldn’t get any better.
I love the fact that Maharaja isn’t just a movie that is aimed at making you feel entertained but it talks about the vices of the society that after the movie, you sit to think about how many of such things have happened to people in the world.
I’ll rate this movie an 8/10. It is worth it and I know you will enjoy it if you give it a watch.
Thank you for reading and here is my entry to CineTVcontest.