'Are guns the only answer?' asks this film dedicated to rationalists Pansare, Dabholkar, Kalburgi
'I think killing him is the only option.'
In the overcrowded world of instant videos, YouTube samurais are quick to jump on the latest trends. However, surprisingly (or perhaps, unsurprisingly) few envisage a narrative that goes against the status quo.
To Kill An Activist, a short film dedicated to murdered rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, and MM Kalburgi treads a different path. The message is loud and clear, right from the very beginning. But the fight continues. Newer activists are born with a continued uncompromising devotion to rational thinking. And forces, once again, conspire to silence these voices.
Cool and cinematic – if somewhat over-dramatised – but hardly a solution to a very complex, problematic and worrying situation.