Sivaji, The Boss

As a child, I have heard others saying that they would go to US or some foreign country, earn a lot and get all the money back to India and help the poor here. Frankly, I was also fascinated by the idea. Going abroad, having a chance to tour the world and then getting back to our own motherland to serve the unprivileged, sounds very satisfying in both materialistic way as well philanthropic way. Doesn’t it sound like an ideal way to lead a life? But, as time went on, a lot of things changed, circumstances changed and lot of other things to bother about, and these innocent thoughts were lost in the run for good education, job, life and what not.
But these thoughts were once again revisited with a lil more wisdom while I was watching Sivaji movie the other day with a couple of frnds. With the huge following Rajni has got, I just started wondering the impact it would have on his fans, children and other viewers. Would it create more socially responsible people? Would it ignite the fire to do something to the society we live in? or Will it just remain as just another fascinating movie which created a lot of buzz at the box office?
Its really amazing to note that a lot of movies these days are screened on social issues and even more pleasing to note that the movies now do not stop at showing the injustice happening in the society but also figure out a way to deal with it. The ways shown may be very unrealistic, but they at least lead the people in the direction of solution. We have heard of children reacting to lage raho munna bhai where the hero fights injustice by non-violent ways and reiterates through various examples that patience can win the worst of the people. To mention in the same league, is the chiranjeevi movie Stalin, where the hero tries an innovative method of helping 3 people in need and as a sign of gratitude asking them to help 3 other people in return. These type of movies, especially when done by one of our favorite actors, do make us think that life is not about running all day for ourselves. They do make us feel responsible for the society and at the same time a little considerate about the problems others are facing.
Now considering the recent movie Sivaji on the same angle, three major problems in the society are highlighted in this: Endless Government rules and regulations, Corruption and Black Money. Well, one should admit that the way these were put across were amazing not to mention the style and performance of Rajni. This would defntly make a huge success. But was just afraid of one thing. I hope it doesn’t drive home a point its extremely difficult to setup charitable operations in India.
Agreed there are numerous rules and regulations followed by the government to keep a tab on wats going on with the trusts here. This may look a little disheartening for a person who is setting it up. But the reason behind such rules could be that the govt want to make sure that these are not used for wrong reasons. It has to make sure that a medical college should send out doctors of acceptable quality, it has to make sure that the old age homes built should treat the old people fairly, it’s the govts responsibility to make sure that a hospital setup isn’t misleading the people or not taking advantage of them. So, before someone concludes on the government policies, think a lil while on why they were in place at first place.
With corruption, therez frankly very little solution that has been offered so far, a lot of movies have attempted to show a solution to this problem, but almost all use violence or huge public support to deal with it. Both of which aren’t very reachable to normal public ( at least in my opinion). But one needs to appreciate the way suggested to deal with black money, which one should watch the movie to get the feel of it. Hope this gives the government and the public, a slight push in using the technology to minimize the problems of the society.

Thanks for the movie, for making people think about these issues. And, thanks for Rajnis fans for making me watch it, so that I can add yet another post here :P