A real decision to be made. Review on Ek Ruka Hua Faisla

''Ek rukaa hua faisla'' , remake of hollywood classic ''Twelve angry men''. The title is so deserving in the hindi remake than it's original one. Let's take a look at the plot first to be familiar with this movie.

The movie starts from a scene in a jury room where 12 jury members are discussing the case for the final verdict.The case is regarding a murder of an old man and the suspect is his own son. Everything from the statement of witnesses to debate of lawyers has already finished. And as they are reaching verdict and counting votes.. 11 said guilty and 1 said not guilty. Now the whole movie revolves around this 1 person who is standing on his ground for voting not guilty. He explains that he is neutral in his judgement and unless he is satisfied he won't vote guilty. And gradually with his common sense, thinking and debating power he changed the mind of other jury members until finally they all voted not guilty.

I like this movie especially because it portrays the thinking of 12 different people from 12 different aspects of society, from self-made guy coming from the slums to famous doctor to elite class people. In these 12 jury members, everyone was so careless to reach their decision except that 12th person. They are ao preoccupied with their personal problems or engagements that they do not understand the gravity of their decision. 1 person's life is on stake. yes, the accused guy could be real culprit or maybe not. But they should not just let the guy to be hanged only because they were getting late for a movie or a game or for dinner party, etc. Sometimes the plot do get interesting when that lone ranger (12th jury member) is highlighting the broken links in the statements of witnesses and the case put together by public-prosecutor against the accused. You get the feeling that this guy could do wonders if he were a real lawyer and whether the lawyer for the accused was so stupid.

The movie touch the hearts of everyone who watches it. It shows how unsafe we all really are. How much we lie to ourself just to feel safe and strong , and how weak we really are. You can relate yourself to each and everyone of that jury member. Each person is a manifestation of your in different situations you can find yourself in your daily routine life. And it horrifies you to realise that how prejudiced and careless you have become to other humans and their feelings. You are not wrong in any way.. but you have to be understanding enough and responsible enough to take other's point of view into account too when reaching a major decision that could effect other's life.

I watched this movie a very long time back.. almost 12-13 years back. I started to watch this movie because really there was nothing else to do. and once I started to watch it, I was not able to do anything else. It made me glued to the seat. And I was so hooked on this movie that I had to watch it atleast 2-3 times a week. The reality struck in the movie is so over-whelming. I then started to watch other non-commercial movies also.. like ''Tamas'' , ''Ek doctor ki Maut'' , ''Mirch Masala'' , etc.. reviews on them are still pending. ;-). My parents were so amused when they noticed the change in my choices of movies... from AB , ajay devgan, shahrukh khan , salman khan to NOBODIES.. From oh-so-romantic films to art films with too much emotions ( sad that is). I even track down and watched the original hollywood version of this movie '' 12 angry men''. The second realisation after watching the original version is that original will always be original. There were no big names in the cast though many faces are familiar. But the message is very clear. Please do not reach any decision just for the heck of it. Do take time to think and be as neutral as possible.

You really feel so sick when you see and hear the remarks of the other jury members and why some of them want the boy to be punished.Just because the guy from elite class think that this boy belongs to slums and so they must be destroyed to make 1 person less against the fight for exploitation. The doctor thinks that these guys are good for nothing and it's better that the boy should be punished for making this world more safe and clean.But The main character is the jury member who is most difficult to change his decission, Pankaj kapoor (who I am sure was quite young when he acted in this movie), is really amazing in his portrayal of a hurt father who is prejudiced about the accused boy because his own son had been disrespectful to him and even slapped him.

And in the end, you really wonder.. this is a movie so there has to be poetic justice. But in this real world, can you really be impartial and neutral while making every decision? I know and you know too.. it's next to impossible.. that 12th jury member, the ideal human being , only exist in the movie. It's hard to find anybody who can be impartial in decisions which do not effect their own life. So, the real decision here to be made is to be positive and unbiased and not to be influenced by our preconceived notions in making important decisions.

I know my review do not do full justice to the movie but I am glad that I get to share my views with all of you guys. I would totally recommend this movie to everyone. and I mean everyone. This movie is worth watching atleast once.