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Keberanian filem Jai Bhim memaparkan kekejaman polis-polis yang tidak beretika
juga merupakan salah satu hal yang perlu diberi perhatian oleh peminat filem-filem
sebegini. Kali ini kami yakin anda pasti akan terkesan melihat babak-babak yang
melibatkan tahanan di lokap diseksa oleh polis kerana ia seolah-olah seperti anda
menyaksikan dokumentari sebenar penyeksaan tahanan oleh sebahagian polis India
yang kejam dan tidak berperikemanusiaan. Elemen kemanusiaan sememangnya
cukup kuat dimainkan di dalam filem ini. Bayangkan anda melihat bukan sekadar
tahanan lelaki saja diseksa tetapi tahanan wanita juga tidak kurang teruknya
diperlakukan dengan sewenang-wenangnya oleh watak-watak polis di dalam filem
ini. Kami yakin anda secara automatik pasti akan menyumpah kerana rasa geram
yang memuncak dan inilah antara faktor yang membawa kepada keinginan anda
untuk terus mengikuti kisah di dalam filem ini sehingga akhir bagi mengetahui
jawapan sebenar kepada persoalan yang ditimbulkan.
Jalan cerita filem Jai Bhim diolah dengan cukup baik melalui kronologi yang disusun
dengan cukup rapi. Permainan plot yang mengejutkan dan kreatif juga sentiasa
membuatkan kami teruja apabila faktor ini bijak diadunkan di dalam penceritaan yang
membuatkan tidak sesekali kami merasa bosan menonton filem ini. Lakonan bertaraf
dunia yang berjaya menyampaikan kesakitan dan ketakutan watak-watak puak kasta
rendah yang teraniaya dengan cukup berkesan. Kesan solekan khas berkaitan
kecederaan akibat didera yang betul-betul realistik. Kami melihat Jai Bhim sebagai
sebuah filem bergenre jenayah yang hampir sempurna daripada setiap sudut dan
penuh dengan falsafah dan metafora yang membuatkan kita akan sentiasa berfikir
dari sudut keadilan yang realistik. Sebuah filem yang menyayat hati dan penuh
dengan inspirasi yang membuatkan manusia lebih cakna tentang erti sebenar
keadilan dan kesaksamaan hak antara manusia tanpa mengira kasta.
Rajakannu and his wife Sengeni belong to a lower cast and works as
labors in the field to protect it from rats thou they live life of poverty but
are happy with what they have. Rajakannu and Sengeni plan a second
child and soon Sengeni gives the good news once Rajkannu is called to
the house of a upper caste man as a snake has sneaked inside his
house.The next day theft of jewelry is reported in the same house
suspicious raising towards Rajkannu .The cops got to arrest Rajkannu
but he leaves the town for work following which the cops detain a
pregnant Sengani and rest of family members asking them details about
the Rajkannu.The cops trace Rajkannu and torture him and his brothers
in jail asking him to confess the crime they did not commit later Sengeni
finds that Rajkannu and his brother have eloped from the prison to
escape torture.Mythra who teaches tribal village comes across a lawyer
Chandru who fights for tribal people and after hearing story of Senegeni
files a Habeas corpus case in court.
The film commences with a portrait of society's caste divide, with the
police checking the caste of detainees to determine who should be
released. Only inmates from the upper and middle castes get released.
The police blame people from lower caste accusing them of perpetrating
crimes in multiple pending cases.[6] Rajakannu and Sengeni are a
couple from the Irula tribe who labor in the fields of upper-caste men to
control rat infestation and catch venomous snakes. Rajakannu is called
to a rich man's dwelling to catch a snake that sneaked inside a room.
The next day, a case of burglary is reported when the wife of the man
reports missing jewellery pieces from her closet and raises doubt on
Rajakannu. The police invade Rajakannu's home to find evidence.
Rajakannu had left the town earlier for work. During the invasion, the
police brutally beat and unlawfully detains his pregnant wife. The police
arrest other relatives, Rajakannu's brother, Iruttupan, his sister
Pachaiammal and his brother-in-law, Mosakutty and torture them to
confess the whereabouts of Rajakannu. The police find Rajakannu and
imprison him. They brutally torture him to confess the crime but releases
his wife. Later, Sengeni is informed that all three men in detention are
absconding and police threaten her furthermore to tell them about their
whereabouts.
Mythra, who teaches adults from Irula tribe, gets to know about
Chandru, a lawyer who fights cases for tribal communities, and manages
to convince him to seek justice for Sengeni. After listening to the
narration of all events that happened until then from Sengeni, Chandru
files a habeas corpus case in the court. The public attorney, in defence
of the police, produces eye-witnesses to concoct a story that Rajakannu
and the other two indeed absconded from jail. Finding gaps in the eye-
witnesses' statements, Chandru uncovers that they were committing
perjury and asks the court to investigate two police officers - Sub-
Inspector Gurumurthy, a casteist cop and constable Veerasamy.
Advocate general Ram Mohan takes over the case and in defence of the
police, claims that the three accused have fled to Kerala when
Varadarajulu, the employer of Iruttapan, acknowledges that Iruttapan
informed him through a phone call that he fled to Kerala after committing
robbery. In retort, Chandru manages to discover that the three cops in
question went to Kerala to make a phone call to Varadarajulu which
Gurumurthy admits, that he mimicked the voice of Iruttapan. Chandru
and Mythra find Rajakannu dead in the middle of a road near the border
of Pondicherry. Both believe that Rajakannu did not die due to a car
accident, rather due to lock-up murder.
Chandru, Mythra, Sengeni and the Irular tribe go around the city
protesting for justice. Chandru connects the dots and finds that
Irutappan indeed called Varadarajulu, but the police coerced him to
make the call. Mythra finds Iruttapan and Mosakutty and they tell the
court about the torture all three of them went through and how the cops
killed Rajakannu. Perumalsamy, an Inspector General, says the cops
took a bribe from the real thief. Chandru also says that on the road
where Rajakannu's corpse was found, there were a set of tyre marks.
There were also footprints that matched Guru's and Constable Kiruba's
footprints. After hearing these shreds of evidence, the court announces
the verdict: the cops who killed Rajakannu should be arrested, Sengeni
will get three lakhs and half a ground land as compensation while
Iruttapan, Mosakutty and Pachaiamma get two lakhs each. Sengeni
tearfully thanks Chandru for his help and Chandru attends the
inauguration of Sengeni's new house, fulfilling Rajakannu's dream to get
Sengeni a new house.
Filem ini dimulakan dengan potret
perpecahan kasta masyarakat, dengan
polis memeriksa kasta tahanan untuk
menentukan siapa yang patut dibebaskan.
Hanya banduan dari kasta atasan dan
pertengahan yang dibebaskan. Polis
menyalahkan orang dari kasta rendah
yang menuduh mereka melakukan jenayah
dalam beberapa kes yang belum selesai.
[6] Rajakannu dan Sengeni adalah
pasangan dari suku Irula yang bekerja
di ladang lelaki kasta atas untuk
mengawal serangan tikus dan menangkap
ular berbisa. Rajakannu dipanggil ke
kediaman orang kaya untuk menangkap
seekor ular yang menyelinap di dalam
bilik.