There’s a lingering sense of guilt on the faces of most of these government employees, every time Mathi asks them a tough question. Their heads hang down in shame, but it seems they are too entrenched in the system to feel emotionally about the impact of their jobs any more. Mathi doesn’t get this. She just isn’t wired that way.
Author: Sudhir Srinivasan
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Imagine if people, about 50 years later, still didn’t know who composed the music for this film. That would have been quite cool, no?”
Sudhir Srinivasan 