Vadh

 While on the way from a long transcontinental flight, I watched the Indian art movie "Vadh."

Vadh (Sanskrit) is translated as 'to kill.' - mind it, not murder. 

We often make impulsive decisions when we are under undue pressure in life. Conventional wisdom says that impulsive decisions are usually wrong, but the movie argues against this!

The story revolves around a poor schoolteacher who lives alone with his wife after getting a huge loan to send his son abroad. Now, the son is not interested in his parents, and the teacher is continuously threatened by the land mafia. In between, a local low-level goon is also making his life miserable. While the plot moves slowly, this low-level criminal offers him money to sleep with one of his teenage students (who was like a daughter to this couple). In rage, he kills him. Was he wrong?

The movie has no BS, and it is very nicely made. In the end, leave an audience with the same question to answer. Was his decision to kill when the whole system is corrupt was right?

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Youtube link: https://youtu.be/O5EkZtIXb1Q?si=7Z4lLfTaDyTozxWy