The story begins when a rich second generation kills five poor people sleeping on the sidewalk, and then the stupid new lawyer Gilda starts to fight against the shrewd famous lawyer Rajpa, the newbie to the veteran, the stupid to the smart, the poor to the rich, the justice to the Evil, the typical binary opposition is completed in this way, and the story continues along this line of thought.
As a light comedy, the final ending is expected, and the evil always prevails. It is impossible for a dark plot like "Shanghai" to use black to control black.
The film also seems a bit routine and lacks surprises, but it does two things well.
Conscience - the return of professional ethics is the
first, that is, the setting of the protagonist.
Jidal did not represent justice from the very beginning. At first, he took up this lawsuit entirely to show off. This kind of mentality is certainly not noble, but it is not vulgar. After all, it is human nature. ?
Therefore, Jidal's setting is very grounded.
Of course, he was not smart and was played badly by Rajipa, so he could only sigh that the urban routine was too deep, and the rural youth was very hurt.
Rajipa was originally Jidal's idol, but with the confrontation of the case, Jidal found that his idol did not have the superb professional skills and literacy as imagined, but was just a villain who could play tricks and a vassal of the powerful. , the image of the idol was instantly disillusioned, and at the same time, after a struggle, Jidal's inner conscience overcame the temptation, so he came to the opposite of the former idol.
In the film, Gidal never has any lines to explain the professional ethics of lawyers. His return is out of an innate kindness. The psychological transformation of the characters is very natural and avoids the dullness of preaching.
In fact, originally, the so-called professional ethics is to do things with conscience, without complicated definitions and dogmas. A person with a tongue-in-cheek tongue can always say a lot of crooked ideas to disintegrate morality, but the conscience will always point in the right direction.
Rajpa
What kind of person Rajipa was in the past is not explained in the film, but the reason why he is guilty of the rich second generation, "the government builds the sidewalks is not for people to sleep", on the surface, he protects the powerful and tramples on the poor, but inside To make excuses for his actions, he is not without a conscience, but chooses to avoid his conscience.
Jidal counters Rajpa
In the end, Jidal vigorously responded to Rajipa's remarks in court, "The sidewalk is not for driving." The powerful counterattack of Jidal, who has always been clumsy, was not because of his sudden change of eloquence, but because of his sudden change of eloquence. He is guided by his conscience to deal with the case, and the fallacy without conscience is solid on the surface, but it is actually vulnerable.
As long as you act with conscience and abide by professional ethics, you don't have to be afraid of evil eloquence, your conscience will always find a way out for you.
Corruption - the degeneration of the judiciary. The
black government of Indian movies is not a matter of a day or two. Last year's "Madaari" was considered to be the pinnacle. The democratic electoral system that worships the West as a god is also black and black. This is what I like about Indian movies. One of the major reasons is that compared with the increasingly conservative and narrow-mindedness of the West, Indian films are often more daring to face reality and seek breakthroughs.
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The Indian judiciary reflected in the film, from the police station to the court, is a mess. The police position can be bought and sold at will. Obviously three people have been arrested, and they boast that they have arrested four. Rajpa can use money to buy the police station from top to bottom, black can also be said to be white, Jidal collects evidence normally, but has to use bribes... The image of the Indian judiciary is in The film is collapsed, collapsed.
corrupt police
So, after Jidal planned to fight a lawsuit with conscience, he found that what he needed to strengthen was not his professional skills, but to strengthen his courage to face the degeneration of the entire judicial institution, and found that what he had to fight against was not the sin of the rich second generation, but It's the corruption of the entire judiciary.
But also because the blackness is too strong, there is no way out for the story. Don’t forget, comedy needs a happy ending, so in the end, we had to let the judge who didn’t look too black force the change and help Jidal reverse the situation. It must be a failure of the film.
Forced change in the role of judges
However, the courage of the Indians to expose their own country's flaws deserves applause.
Many people have a misunderstanding that comedy is all about making people laugh. In fact, good comedies have connotations. Take a look at Stephen Chow's "The King of Comedy" and "Jiu Pin Sesame Official". The former shows a small person as the ideal. The experience of struggle, the latter criticized the corruption of officialdom and praised fairness and integrity, but now such excellent comedies are becoming less and less. Just look at the "Havoc in Tianzhu" and "Kung Fu Yoga" in this year's Spring Festival. It is really appalling.
PS: This "Newbie in the Law World" was remade into a Tamil version in 2016 due to its good intentions.
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