Audiences worldwide who can pay for multiplex tickets or to have “content” streamed on their smartphones, have gotten used to this terror on screen. It is a companion piece to Mehta’s earlier film Shahid (2013) about Shahid Azmi, a Mumbai lawyer known for defending Muslims accused of terrorist acts. The writers use what’s known of the character through journalism, and speculations about his role in various acts of terror, and nothing more. Every revenge and every act of terror leads to more terror, Spielberg says, in a film memorable for masterful editing. At best, terror on screen has the same message that war on screen has for over a century—that violence is futile.

Source: Mint April 14, 2018 17:37 UTC