Jhing Chik Jhing

Yesterday I watched this special film, and...yes...discovered several things!

The film is set around the problem of agrarian debt and farmer suicides in Maharashtra. Mouli (Bharat Jadhav), a farmer who ekes out a living on a 2 acre farm is trying his best to support his family. He is in debt to the tune of Rs. 10,000 to the local money lender (Uday Sabnis). Mouli's wife Manda (Madhavi Juvekar) tries her best to sustain the family on the little that they have. Mouli and Manda's children Shyam (Chinmay Kambli) and Dipti (Aarti More) go to the local school - and both are bright children who have a lot to look forward to. Shyam wants to become 'someone' and Dipti has her first crush! When it seems that all is lost - including the land - and suicide is the only option - Shyam decides that he is not going to die and tries his best to save the family. What he does and the alternative to suicide and debt free farming (the word used in the film is swawalambhi) is the crux of the film.

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I discovered that if you befriend trees and if they like you they actually do things you ask of them! I'm not being cheeky here, I really like that scene in the movie. Another, I never looked at pesticide as a tool of violence. Either I'm dumb or...no, I'm just dumb. There's this scene where the organic farmer says that he doesn't use pesticides because he doesn't like violence. Instead, he uses organic stuff to drive pests away. The guy was actually talking sense!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogKVAEL0J0c

Watch it people!