Comments on REVIEW: No One Killed Jessica (2)

Deepa Deosthalee commented on 'REVIEW: No One Killed Jessica (2)'

2011-01-12T03:39:11Z

Hi Rajeev. I understand your concern. Don't think there's an sense of history in this country. Having said that, history is subject to distortions at all times and even the way it's written and interpreted is bound to be governed by various factors and not necessarily factual accuracy.

For instance, will history look at America as a terrorist state for invading a country without provocation and causing untold loss of life an property?

It bothers me a great deal that for most part of history, women's lives and their work have all but been obliterated. But there were millions of women who lived, and whose lives were worthy. Only they were kept out of spheres and spaces which were the traditional preserve of men, the recorders of history, and hence their stories never got recorded!

Rajeev B. Agarwal commented on 'REVIEW: No One Killed Jessica (2)'

2011-01-11T17:18:35Z

I could not stop myself from giving you two examples. In JHANSI KI RANI, the title character and others celebrate Ganeshotsav - 48 years before Tilak started it. In another episode, Rani Laxmibai plays cricket and defeats the English team by bowling them out cheaply.
Just some facts. No comments from me.

Rajeev B. Agarwal commented on 'REVIEW: No One Killed Jessica (2)'

2011-01-11T17:15:16Z

Films are minor culprits. You should take a look at TV Serials like PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN, RANI PADMINI and JHANSI KI RANI to see the horribly distorted depiction of history that all of them indulge in. And the alarming thing is that this is the history that the future generations are going to remember. All of us are witnesses to wholesale corruption of historical facts and unable to do anything about it.

Deepa Deosthalee commented on 'REVIEW: No One Killed Jessica (2)'

2011-01-11T03:29:20Z

Thanks Rajeev. Nobody gives much thought to history. But as things stand, I think in times to come, the distortion that the film has so casually employed will actually be taken for fact. At the end of the day, film is a much more powerful tool than news channels and magazines, at least in terms of its impact on the masses.

Rajeev B. Agarwal commented on 'REVIEW: No One Killed Jessica (2)'

2011-01-10T18:47:52Z

I fully agree with you, DD. Everybody wants (and needs) to make money but if you are going to distort facts in such a way while pretending to be aware and concerned, how are you different from all those proposal makers pretending to be filmmakers?

Deepa Deosthalee commented on 'REVIEW: No One Killed Jessica (2)'

2011-01-09T03:49:30Z

Thanks Bidisha, but I'm not the only one who's noticed. The NDTV review also talks of the fact that the channel didn't do the sting operation. :)

Bidisha Ghosal commented on 'REVIEW: No One Killed Jessica (2)'

2011-01-08T16:35:20Z

You've raised a good point that all other critics have neatly ignored. Thank you.