Katiyabaaz, Hindi Documentary film movie Review, Johnson Thomas, Rating: * * * 1/2
Katiyabaaz, Hindi Documentary film movie Review, Johnson Thomas, Rating: * * * 1/2
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#Katiyabaaz(Hindi)Rating:
* * * ½ A thrilling documentary about electricity theft and the accursed
response of the Discom to people’s suffering. Far More exciting than any of the
cine fare this week! #SpicePR #DeeptiKakkar #FahadMustafa
Hindi film review
Johnson Thomas
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Film: Katiyabaaz
Cast(Real): Loha Singh, Ritu Maheshwari, Irfan
Solanki
Director: Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa
Rating: * * * ½
An investigative documentary that delves deep into
the ‘power’ tussle faced by Kanpur’s residents, ‘Katiyabaaz’ takes the viewer
on a see-saw journey through the by lanes, unruly power lines, political
rallies and Discom office intrigues of Kanpur city- rendered powerless due to
the mismanagement of power distribution.
This is a film that digs deep for answers and comes
up with two sides of the struggle- the
Discom attitude towards the loss of power and the local peoples
fortitude in enforcing an illegal methodology for ‘empowering’ themselves in
order to ensure a minimum livelihood.
As
Loha Singh goes about connecting katiyas, the Kanpur Electricity
Supply Corporation (KESCO) struggles with plans to make people pay for the
electricity they use. Corruption, threats of violence and potential riots stay
the enforcer’s hand quite a bit. Both sides are given
ample scope to state their case, but unfortunately neither stand can hold
strong under closer scrutiny. With politicians entering the frame, it becomes a
struggle - more for power than a panacea for existential dilemmas. The cat-and-mouse game between the people,
politicians and the Discom holds all the thrills. Elections arrive. Electricity
is an issue in every politician’s speech shown in the film. Irfan Solanki, the
local politician who raised his voice in favor of the people’s right for free
electricity wins the election and the KESCO chief, Ritu Maheshwari, who was
trying to reform the situation is sent off to a less volatile region. No
winners here-except the audience who get a thrill-a-minute front seat view on
some of the most disheartening developments that take place in a small city. It
took over two years to film this documentary and a lot of it was snipped at the
editing table- yet there’s no denying the fact that the completed vision is
completely engrossing. More power to the directorial team of Deepti Kakkar and
Fahad Mustafa
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