A Dalit person who is confident, kind hearted, skilled, intelligent, educated, (even slightly) fair skinned, wearing good clothes can appear as an eighth wonder of this world to a casteist person.
@@spyfromsparta if you are trapped in a caste addicted village that discriminates dalits even after their death, it can be a rare sight. I know there are lots of casteist psychos like you who keeps on passing casteist slurs on dalits especially when they speak of caste discrimination they faced in their life for generations of generations. With this casteist mentality, thinking of yourself as an upper caste dominant person whenever you approach a dalit, you are expecting them to socialize with you without holding any grudge. Not only dalits, no sane person would socialize with you unless one is a Dalit hating casteist dumbass.
@@malcolmforever4411 only someone who has faced discrimination deserves such behavior. Not the rich sheltered people benefitting from quotas for generations.
A brilliant satire! The character of overzealous politically correct feminist is hilarious and adds to the punch. The contributions made by Dr Ambedkar by legally liberating Indian women from the dungeons of orthodox traditions have always been largely ignored by today’s feminist. “Hello Tiwari” led to unexpected laughter and the writer cleverly pulled out a brilliant sarcasm by letting us know about the people who have been engaged in “Study of Dalits” and delivering their own version of narratives. Having an immoral “dalit looking” Palakkad Brahmin “Acting enthusiast” and a sophisticated “non dalit looking” Riya in the same frame will certainly unsettle and cause a lot of heart burn! They are comfortable with an idea of docile, submissive Dalits but an educated, vocal, sophisticated and assertive Dalit is very much dreaded. They have been brought with up an air of “superiority by birth” over dalits and a mere thought of any dalit getting better over them in any manner unnerves them miserably. Had a good time watching this short film full of creativity, humour and sarcasm! Good job! Thank you and Jai Bhim!
True. Even if we look at the socio-political landscape of india, however fucked up the system may be , it is deemed to be stable as long as the protagonists and antagonists are savarnas. But god help if the oppressed try to even lead the fight or be more assertive of their identity. The centerstage is always occupied by conservative savarnas vs liberal savarnas BS. Dalits and LC's and other minorities are just a collateral damage.
@@dhirajkakade4240 Yes, the Savaranas have a view and they make sure that only their view is taken as the view of the nation or the society. They all join hands together, no matter if they are liberal or fundamentalist, to make sure that the Varna system of hierarchy is maintained. They fear if the oppressed of today is treated at par with them then tomorrow there will be a social imbalance. A hardcore Savarana will beat up a sanitation worker as a matter of right. Whereas a liberal Savarana will ask us to give this worker his due respect with a sense of concern but will never offer him the necessary tools so that he can write his own destiny and enjoy the fruits of democracy and development.
That's a strech, given the number of savarna minds it will turn in this nation but they can produce and upload it on the UA-cam. If it's good any ott will lap it up...
how they think and looking themself as higher community....i didn't see in my life like this such a new dimension of discrimination.....standing ovation to the director and team neelam.....👏👏👏
I was very shocked when I read how Ciscos(Us office) Dalit employee was discriminated by an Upper caste man. I was hoping that people who goes abroad doesn't experience casteism but I was damn wrong. These toxic and casteist people are everywhere. They will act different once they know where you belong. This is truth whether anyone accpet or not.
@@prashantswaroop4801 there is no news on the result of the lawsuit. Might have been settled to avoid damaging the brand further. It could have easily been false cry, a victim card use. We could never know. And we know that everyone sides with the victim first, even if it might be a false one. In capitalist economy where increasing shareholder value is prime, what place does caste have? Already the left liberals have started to ask for affirmative action based on caste in the US.😂
@@HarishSudharsan You maybe right it is such a big company and it can suppress the news. Here is the news. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/13/new-lawsuit-shines-light-caste-discrimination-us-around-world/ For your kind info if he had used victim card he must have been thrown out of the company. And 2nd point is Why anyone use cast as victimhood there if there is no law for caste based discrimination.
I am aware of this physical appearance of person from skin tone to nose and how it's relate to cast practice .. Funnily the person who taught me all this differences was a brahmin friend of mine in high school now he send me messages how he facing racism in china ... For the first time anyone showed it to the whole world ...good job best of luck ...
Be it Nationalism, Feminism, Secularism, Communism or any philosophy of human unity, It cannot be followed by a person successfully whose mind does not oppose the caste system.
@@malcolmforever4411 I can add the English subtitles for free if the videos are in Hindi/Bengali/Nepali/Assamese/Garo. :3 Pls provide link in descriptions.
A short film with all social responsibilities and making us to realize the words we use knowingly or unknowingly that hurts others is the best part of this short film.
I used to play volleyball for my University & practised regularly. So, I used to carry my sports gear in a gym bag. One fine day it so happened that I forgot to change into my formal shoes. During lunch hours my brahmin friend noticed this & said "nice shoes" and immediately enquired about my caste. I hesitantly replied, "I am a Scheduled Caste". His eyes rolled back, his jaws dropped & he shockingly said, "Don't joke about things like these, are you really SC? You don't look like a SC? You don't talk like a SC or even dress like a SC? How can you be SC?"
Brahmin looks like a dalit and dalit looks like an angel, at last crew member himself made him up dark skinned. Entire story plot running around fetching of dalit character. This movie is really deep. Congrats to the team🖤🖤🖤🖤
The Brahmin looks like your or society's perception of what a dalit looks like and not 'like a dalit'. That's just plainly the wrong thing to say. There's no such thing as a 'dalit look'. The movie is a criticism of both casteism AND colourism and if your takeaway from it is that 'dalits generally look a certain way' then you're part of the problem.
@@varuns9723 I won't say, there is a certain look for each and every caste. I said what I could see by the way they conveyed in this movie . Being a dalit, I can't oppress someone by their look.
Grear work! Need more films like this. As a muslim being around Savarnas I do not want to erroneously absorb their castist behaviour. This is good work 👍👌
Okay let me tell a current instance..one of my friend called another one 'chamar lag rahi ho' because she was not well dressed..and I was shocked because they both give gyaan on social media for social justice
Can't imagine it's worse than what Ashraf Muslims and their lower class brethren Ajlaf Muslims say about those 'pagan idol worshippers'. No, no. You just straight up advocate for those pagans genocide and then play goody two shoes on social media about social justice.
Movie feels so real bringing real life casual conversations of casteless modern Indians unlike cinematic dialogues. One could understand the intention of exposing perverse racist stereotype but at the cost of another stereotype saying fairskin is pretty, darkskin is less pretty.
@@tselvaraj2305 when muslms will come majority in india we will see .... actually we swarna want muslim majority and get rid of this fkng reservation system
Superb! Someone had to make this and I am glad that you guys did it, this ' too good looking to be a dalit ' or 'your English is too good to be a dalit' is a very common trope. Also, the scene where he calls up the 'Patil'girl to act in the film is a nice addition, for the longest time I have known people not knowing the difference between a dalit and an OBC but having an opinion on them as though they are well aware about the differentiation. Overall great stuff.
This was LIT 🔥, lot of ppl r gonna get offended coz of this, Film tells a lot about mentality of Indian upper castes without being preachy and also exposes the hypocrisy of so called progressive folks...
But in an industry where there is no story being told about the dalit attrocities... I understand that argument you might be making but can you elaborate if you feel objection or anger towards him... Meaning would he be worthy of being demeaned or you think this work is necessary but he could have made better choices? Just trying to understand
@@NeetReel im not to say ....to take a film about dalits....but in your films dont portrait dalits as the stereotypes .....you know about the article 15, how the director portrait the characters, ...i will talk about the whole screen play story.. bt i think you understood, if you take the movie in view of common people, i would say it is not necessary to take article 15 like films.
@@selvamkulanthaivelu8409 but selvam isn't the condition of Dalits in UP like that. Caste system in the cow belt is very brutal ... Pan Tomar Singh's life and that environment is like that. If I'm not boring you can you point out where was there stereotyping in article 15?
@@NeetReel No ones neglecting discrimination/atrocities happening in rural areas... Dalits atrocities is by product of caste system , so our main objective should be to destroy it completely.. Is caste only about discrimination or Dalits ?.. if you think it is then.. that's what manustream feed u... Caste is also about the festival we celebrate, the food we eat, the job we get or don't... Etc.... The same way caste is also about savarnas and their privelages... agree?.. I think this privelages make us blind and we usually can't reflect on that.. just like man love to portray himself as feminist but very often he try to dismantle the privilege he has.... The same way the sinha wants seen as progressive by making movie about caste which he thinks it is only realted to dalits.. .. but never wants to make movie which is talking about about dismantling the privelages of savarna or how savarnas is caste blind and benefiting from the same structure..... Rather than just reading upper caste left liberal material ... He should Read more of Ambedkarite /anti-caste literature.. then maybe he understands.. why Ambedkarite critical about his gaze.. have you heard about male gaze/white gaze/... The same way he has bramhinical gaze of looking towards the issue of caste... Watch pa ranjit kaala and article 15.. You will see difference in their approach... And we should really have to think about it ... before Rohit vemula happened.. when the issue caste came up .. everybody is like what about reservation.. After Rohit vemula .. word Dalit was getting space at a great scale and almost every major mainstream media outlet, be it television channel, magazine, or social media page, had something or the other containing the word Dalit. Was it Dalit assertion.. making its way to hegemonic spaces? Or was it the perversion of the same assertion by the Savarnas and they were trying to commoditize that identity... Because the manustrean hegemonic spaces loves victimize/sterotypical dalit.. not assertive .. who is fighting to be equal... !! before someday sinha tweeted.. more movie should be made on caste.. if he is planning to.. he should take this constrictive criticism of his movie positively and zoom out his lens from Dalits.. try to focus on savarnas.
I'm sure this would burn many hearts :D Loved the writing and performance. My personal favourite is that Palakkad guy. His awkwardness, disgust and pseudo intellect is amazingly portrayed by the actor. He is 8 out of 10 guys I meet :D The film has a discreet charm I would say.
When someone tells me, "wow, you don't look like a Dalit", I pick up broom, stone, brick, stick whatever is nearby me and chase them away while shouting, " Now I look like a Dalit to you!" And it works everytime
Refreshing!!! You guys have done a fantastic job. Loved every frame of it. Feels so organic. Rajesh Rajamani is great at what he is doing. Thank you Pa Ranjith and Neelam for bringing out such good content.
Fantastic, marvelous, Great work team. keep it up. Writting funny scenes and executing it with natural timing is not easy but you guys nailed it. hope your message reaches every corner of world. Feel like watching it again and again, already watched it 5 times. once again great work guys. expecting more such great works in future. Rajesh rajamani i will remember this name.
You have done very fantastic job by showing the trueth of India Cinema . We are looking preety and dressing well, Can't digested by many. Congratulations.
Wow what a good and effective story...you finally shows how the discrimination are survive..great story..there is Mumbai's dadar area and song"paha paha manjula ha majhya bhimrayacha mala"its my fav song..im from maharashtra..thank you nilam prodution and respected pa.ranjith sir for showing us reality of our "great" society...
A great film with so many impactful nuances. - The girl: aware about feminism and mental well being but blind to the elephant in the room ~ casteism. - That guy- Palakkad babhan ultimately playing a Dalit character in their movie -Tinder match: fit all their stereotypes of Dalit and turned out to be babhan. - Tiwari, doing research on Dalits. Riya was good :) Keep it up Rajesh Anna.
This was a superb film. The lighting and colourfulness was awesome, the sceneries were awesome, those little arguments were entertaining, the actors did their job well, the characters were relatable and the overall feel was nice and easy going. I personally really liked the movie! Keep them coming Thanks! Jai Bhim 🙏 Jai Phule 🙏 Jai Periyar🙏 to all
*For those who keeps on complaining about reservation system when someone speaks up against the caste discrimination* Caste system is a threat to National integration. Caste system is a threat to humanity. One cannot build a better nation when a part of its population is suffering from social discrimination. Reservation is not a privilege. It is the compensation for letting the people suffer from caste discrimination. If someone belongs to some so-called upper caste, living a life without facing any sort of caste discrimination and still entering colleges using reservation system, it can be a privilege for them. And it can become unnecessary only for them. They are more than welcome to get out of the reservation system if they think they don’t need it. But Dalits are facing discrimination even after their death. Even in these modern days, I have to fight with every casteist psychos in my village to carry the dead body of my loved ones to the graveyard through the streets surrounded by casteist psychos. Do not limit the caste discrimination within only rural areas. Even in Urban areas, many people offer houses for rent only based on caste. Caste killings happen often in our country when a person choose to marry outside his/her caste. Having some money in hand, having an academic degree in hand does not protect Dalits from receiving casteist slurs in schools, colleges to work places. Some men wore thread and some men were chained even before we receive community certificate in our hand. Irrespective of the existence of the reservation system, casteist psychos will continue to live and die like casteist psychos, torturing and harassing Dalits wherever they go. Dalits can get only opportunities through the reservation system but to achieve equality, the casteist people should learn more about social harmony than casteist ideologies. If there is someone who does not feel hurt by the hundreds of Indian sisters getting sexually assaulted just because they are Dalits. If there is someone who does not feel hurt by the hundreds of Indian brothers getting killed just because they are Dalits. And that someone feels hurt only when they see a dalit person finding opportunities through reservation system. Then that someone is neither an Indian nor a Human. That someone is only a slavery imposing casteist psycho who is a disgrace to entire human society. If we truly care for our country, first of all we should speak against the caste discrimination, Caste atrocities, Untouchability happening in our country. We should ask the people to judge everyone by their character not by their caste. Then we can speak about stopping the reservation system. Until the casteist psychos in India learn more about social harmony than casteist ideologies, Reservation system must exist in India. Black and white people are standing together saying “BLACK LIVES MATTER” even though U.S.A has Affirmation act like we have Reservation system in India. But We are speaking only against the reservation system simply ignoring the caste atrocities happening around us.
Reservation in the present form is highly problematic. The main issue with reservation is that adversely affects even those who it claims to uplift. For the scale are made same for all on the basis of caste (for the most part) this creates an imbalance among people of the lower castes who aren't economically well off either and those who are economically doing better that the rest. The ground realities in most cases go unnoticed over the complications of the present day reservation system. The ultimate aim of the reservation system is to reach a point where reservation systems aren't required.
@spunk v but you definitely have an advantage over an economically weaker socially backward person and in some areas an economically weaker but socially forward person. Things have gotten more complicated now. And your point adds weight to my point that the current reservation system is outdated
@spunk v The reservation system may not be a poverty elevation system per say, but that brings in its own set of complexities. The problem and the outdatedness of the reservation in its current form is due to the ever changing nature of the social sphere. It never is constant. So the forces that determine the social position of a person is not solely based on caste anymore. Economic strength of the person also contributes to the same. Hence when the forces that govern the nature of the social structure, the reservation in line with the parameters it set out to take into consideration initially, becomes redundant.
@spunk v also, as I pointed out in my original post, since both economic stability of a person and the caste structure prevalent influence the social positioning of a person, a person from a lower caste and a lower economic background is backward as compared to a person from a stable economic background (or even a very strong economic background) and a lower caste person. This is a major flaw in the current reservation system. Wherein people of the same caste are treated equally irrespective of other advantages some groups might have over the other
@spunk v i agree to a lot of what you've said, and my points were a little different too. And I think you've comprehended my PoV. Since you've mentioned your example, I think I'll add mine too. So I come from an upper caste family, but they werent economically well off, however my parents through their hard work brought in a considerable amount of economic stability. And I have seen how economic strength plays a role in the social stature of the person. The reservation system cannot be rigid in my opinion. The purpose of the system is to one day reach a place where the reservation system is removed. To reach a place where a reservation system isn't necessary for people to find representation. And for this, I don't think a rigid reservation system or as in today's case a system with an ever expanding base can achieve it (unless of course the base becomes so wide that it practically includes everyone, which will likely not happen immediately, but over time might) Anyhow, my point is that the fundamental objective of the system shouldn't be lost, that to one day reach a place where we don't need it for good.
Brilliant. The film starts with you wondering where's it going but absolutely takes off with part 2. Hilarious and hard-hitting. Well done Rajesh Rajamani and team! I ROFLed at the political correctness of 'mad'.
Now ppl will say, wow, what a wonder, pa.ranjith can produce *English* short films... LoL.. Any one can do anything, provided equal opportunity.. 👍.. good job..
Congratulations Neelam for this best Work. I shared this short film to all my Groups I am a Freethinker Feminist Standing up for Equality Social Justice and Constitutional Morality
Excellent idea , this short film can be related more with marginalized sections of South India / Maharashtra. Plight of North indian marginalized sections are very poor . Seems they need another 20 years to reach the main stream. Their leaders failed them badly .
Oh, how I absolutely love the lady actor in yellow - white. She looks beautiful, refined, has big expressive eyes and she gave a very talented performance. My instant crush!❤️ (PS - I am not a d-bag)😂
The girl in yellow won today the award for best female actor in Kerala state film awards for a movie ' Biriyani' were she portray a poor helpless women
Super twist. Loved the character casting. Brilliant satire. Enjoyed it completely. Paalakad guy is actually a great acting enthusiast! :) Could have said "is this some sort of caste-ing couch" but just-u miss-u. Loads of shares from me! :D
Wow! This was so brilliant! Everyday casteism and all unconscious and conscious savarna biases exposed in the subtlest and most astute of ways. I cringed several times! Kudos!
Amazing work once again P.A. Every point in the movie has something to say about the Hippocratic nature of so called savarna liberals. They normally expect Dalits to accept them as their lead but they should realise now that it time to walk on the parallel road. Looking forward for more such amazing works. Jai bhim
There's so many good details here. Like how the Brahmin man in the car talks about black creatives and their work to appear progressive without considering that, in the context of Indian politics, he'd be the one those creatives were criticizing. Or the "feminist" savarna woman who cannot understand how it applies to anyone other than her. Excellent film.
Also the fact that a man who's read Toni Morrison cannot fucking grasp why casting a non-Dalit actor to play a Dalit character is a terrible fucking idea is just absolutely perfect.
Good film. Thanks r/librandu for recommendation. Was delighted to see my college friend as an extra. Entirely English dialogues make it a bit unsettling as delivery is difficult in English for Indians, even if they speak English daily. Delhi Belly did well but halfway through you start feeling that something is off, that's why they included Hindi songs. I understand that English is important here, but maybe adding something like ayyo, achcha, chumma, aapdiya etc would make it more realistic, I feel.
I like the subtle subtext in this film. Feminism is a luxury which (most of the times) of the upper class. Sometimes I confuse it to Narcissism too, lol. Given how good the short film is, it's shameful to know people, even after all the advancements, are still so behind.
I don't think the subtext ever pointed out that feminism is a luxury afforded only to the upper class. It was trying to point out how even the woke upper class who is socially conscious can and are usually casteist or enforces caste based segregation
@@balasubramanianah969 Well, I think I didn't convey my thought properly. What I meant was not about the film as a whole, it was just about that female character.
Excellent job. Brilliantly nuanced and hard-hitting satire. Mr. Sudhir Mishra should have hired this team before making a problematic piece of cinema like "Serious Men".
At first I thought it would be like bunuels descreet charm...but this is original...and you have very well potrayed the savarna(indian consumption class) essence...thank you...
@@neelam_social absolutely...thank you for creating this type of art counter to the upper middle class savarna bramhinical aesthetics...can you please tell about the songs and music in this film...?
@@kunalsharma9087 yes...but I have to constantly and consciously practice the anti caste struggle...by changing my title I cannot remove my social privilege that came with my caste ...the only way is to knowledge our caste privilege and constantly fight against this elephant in the room. ..
@@aneekchowdhury7434 brothers if we general or so called upper caste will quit this caste system then these reserved caste never leave this caste system becauseof reservation
@@kunalsharma9087 I dont think so... annihilation of caste is the only way...as for reservation I think is nessecary without reservation the nature of indian state structure will remain a Bramnist State...
Really nice. Enjoyed it. But somewhere in mind I really was thinking why can't Dilip act as dalit..and my guess work made me laugh out loud... Ravi you guys..all the best for the future..
This was soooo biting! Caste based injustice is not simply restricted to villages but takes on such ridiculous sides in the cities as well!
A Dalit person who is confident, kind hearted, skilled, intelligent, educated, (even slightly) fair skinned, wearing good clothes can appear as an eighth wonder of this world to a casteist person.
Because it is such a rare fucking sight. They always carry this grudge against upper castes and wont socialize with them.
@@spyfromsparta the so called upper castes, mate.
@@spyfromsparta if you are trapped in a caste addicted village that discriminates dalits even after their death, it can be a rare sight. I know there are lots of casteist psychos like you who keeps on passing casteist slurs on dalits especially when they speak of caste discrimination they faced in their life for generations of generations. With this casteist mentality, thinking of yourself as an upper caste dominant person whenever you approach a dalit, you are expecting them to socialize with you without holding any grudge. Not only dalits, no sane person would socialize with you unless one is a Dalit hating casteist dumbass.
That Lady character in film was so obsessed against using BITCH / MAD but using Dalit is okay for her. Such a rare specis.
@@malcolmforever4411 only someone who has faced discrimination deserves such behavior. Not the rich sheltered people benefitting from quotas for generations.
A brilliant satire! The character of overzealous politically correct feminist is hilarious and adds to the punch. The contributions made by Dr Ambedkar by legally liberating Indian women from the dungeons of orthodox traditions have always been largely ignored by today’s feminist. “Hello Tiwari” led to unexpected laughter and the writer cleverly pulled out a brilliant sarcasm by letting us know about the people who have been engaged in “Study of Dalits” and delivering their own version of narratives. Having an immoral “dalit looking” Palakkad Brahmin “Acting enthusiast” and a sophisticated “non dalit looking” Riya in the same frame will certainly unsettle and cause a lot of heart burn! They are comfortable with an idea of docile, submissive Dalits but an educated, vocal, sophisticated and assertive Dalit is very much dreaded. They have been brought with up an air of “superiority by birth” over dalits and a mere thought of any dalit getting better over them in any manner unnerves them miserably. Had a good time watching this short film full of creativity, humour and sarcasm! Good job! Thank you and Jai Bhim!
True. Even if we look at the socio-political landscape of india, however fucked up the system may be , it is deemed to be stable as long as the protagonists and antagonists are savarnas. But god help if the oppressed try to even lead the fight or be more assertive of their identity.
The centerstage is always occupied by conservative savarnas vs liberal savarnas BS. Dalits and LC's and other minorities are just a collateral damage.
@@dhirajkakade4240 Yes, the Savaranas have a view and they make sure that only their view is taken as the view of the nation or the society. They all join hands together, no matter if they are liberal or fundamentalist, to make sure that the Varna system of hierarchy is maintained. They fear if the oppressed of today is treated at par with them then tomorrow there will be a social imbalance. A hardcore Savarana will beat up a sanitation worker as a matter of right. Whereas a liberal Savarana will ask us to give this worker his due respect with a sense of concern but will never offer him the necessary tools so that he can write his own destiny and enjoy the fruits of democracy and development.
Jai Bhim comrade.
@@neelam_social Thank you. shared.
you nailed it ... Jai Bhim..
@NetflixIndia Consider this as a pilot for Dear Savarna People.
That's a strech, given the number of savarna minds it will turn in this nation but they can produce and upload it on the UA-cam. If it's good any ott will lap it up...
Ahahahahaha nice, that show will ruffle serious feathers just like DWP
omg would love that!
Good series idea 👍
The name itself wont fly with them
@9:20 It bothers me that the subtitle didn't say "some kind of Caste-ing couch on Tinder"
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That 'hello tiwari' was hillarious😂😂.. genius.
I didn't understand can u make me explain?
Its most likely a jibe at upper cast researchers on dalit studies
Reminded me my first walk in JNU. Exactly same lines
how they think and looking themself as higher community....i didn't see in my life like this such a new dimension of discrimination.....standing ovation to the director and team neelam.....👏👏👏
I was very shocked when I read how Ciscos(Us office) Dalit employee was discriminated by an Upper caste man. I was hoping that people who goes abroad doesn't experience casteism but I was damn wrong.
These toxic and casteist people are everywhere. They will act different once they know where you belong.
This is truth whether anyone accpet or not.
India is a biggest exporter of caste system
Was it proven that it was a caste bias? Or was it again a figment of imagination, like this movie?
@@HarishSudharsan You can read about this is 100% true. That man has won against cisco.
@@prashantswaroop4801 there is no news on the result of the lawsuit. Might have been settled to avoid damaging the brand further. It could have easily been false cry, a victim card use. We could never know. And we know that everyone sides with the victim first, even if it might be a false one.
In capitalist economy where increasing shareholder value is prime, what place does caste have? Already the left liberals have started to ask for affirmative action based on caste in the US.😂
@@HarishSudharsan You maybe right it is such a big company and it can suppress the news. Here is the news. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/13/new-lawsuit-shines-light-caste-discrimination-us-around-world/
For your kind info if he had used victim card he must have been thrown out of the company. And 2nd point is Why anyone use cast as victimhood there if there is no law for caste based discrimination.
There should be some kind of documentation of the hypocrisy of researchers and activists.
I am aware of this physical appearance of person from skin tone to nose and how it's relate to cast practice ..
Funnily the person who taught me all this differences was a brahmin friend of mine in high school now he send me messages how he facing racism in china ... For the first time anyone showed it to the whole world ...good job best of luck ...
Be it Nationalism, Feminism, Secularism, Communism or any philosophy of human unity, It cannot be followed by a person successfully whose mind does not oppose the caste system.
Ableism bhi jod lete toh dil khush ho jata.
@@neelam_social I wish I would get the opportunity to be a part of such brilliant projects. Already shared on all my accounts.
@@neelam_social Thank you Neelam team for posting this short film. Please add English subtitles to all your videos.
@@malcolmforever4411 I can add the English subtitles for free if the videos are in Hindi/Bengali/Nepali/Assamese/Garo. :3 Pls provide link in descriptions.
That character of the girl who was obsessed with political correctness , even she had stereotypes for a Dalit.
Savarna feminist
Deepika Singh exactly
That is how our indian society has evolved.subconsiously we grew up like this.
That is the point I believe.
Feminist like kangana
They were not looking for dalit, they were looking for there own imagination.
A short film with all social responsibilities and making us to realize the words we use knowingly or unknowingly that hurts others is the best part of this short film.
I used to play volleyball for my University & practised regularly. So, I used to carry my sports gear in a gym bag. One fine day it so happened that I forgot to change into my formal shoes. During lunch hours my brahmin friend noticed this & said "nice shoes" and immediately enquired about my caste. I hesitantly replied, "I am a Scheduled Caste". His eyes rolled back, his jaws dropped & he shockingly said, "Don't joke about things like these, are you really SC? You don't look like a SC? You don't talk like a SC or even dress like a SC? How can you be SC?"
Did he not say, your name doesn't sound like one?
I just loved it. This is how casteism works not just in remote villages but also in cities.
Huge respect 🙏 and love ❤️ to Creators.
Brahmin looks like a dalit and dalit looks like an angel, at last crew member himself made him up dark skinned. Entire story plot running around fetching of dalit character. This movie is really deep.
Congrats to the team🖤🖤🖤🖤
So dark skin = dalit ? And I assume both dark skin and dalit are negative connotations? 🤔
@@vinnycrism that's what they have said in this movie.
The Brahmin looks like your or society's perception of what a dalit looks like and not 'like a dalit'. That's just plainly the wrong thing to say. There's no such thing as a 'dalit look'. The movie is a criticism of both casteism AND colourism and if your takeaway from it is that 'dalits generally look a certain way' then you're part of the problem.
The point is the physical appearance of a Dalit is just a stereotype. There is no such thing.
@@varuns9723 I won't say, there is a certain look for each and every caste. I said what I could see by the way they conveyed in this movie . Being a dalit, I can't oppress someone by their look.
Grear work! Need more films like this. As a muslim being around Savarnas I do not want to erroneously absorb their castist behaviour. This is good work 👍👌
@@neelam_social Sure Sir. I did share, will share it on more platforms now.
Okay let me tell a current instance..one of my friend called another one 'chamar lag rahi ho' because she was not well dressed..and I was shocked because they both give gyaan on social media for social justice
😂😂. Aise farzi social activist uppercaste desh k kone kone me milenge
Can't imagine it's worse than what Ashraf Muslims and their lower class brethren Ajlaf Muslims say about those 'pagan idol worshippers'. No, no. You just straight up advocate for those pagans genocide and then play goody two shoes on social media about social justice.
Movie feels so real bringing real life casual conversations of casteless modern Indians unlike cinematic dialogues. One could understand the intention of exposing perverse racist stereotype but at the cost of another stereotype saying fairskin is pretty, darkskin is less pretty.
Hilarious, so well made and written. Credit to the makers and Neelam for bringing such meaningful art to us. Thank you!
It feels so positive on seeing that girl addressing them with such confidence. Kudos to the team behind this film.
Learn from this and never act as a fake supporter of Dalit rights, you as a Brahmin have a responsibility to get rid of the system you benefit from.
Someone seems to have missed the point
@@tselvaraj2305 when muslms will come majority in india we will see .... actually we swarna want muslim majority and get rid of this fkng reservation system
@@kunalsharma9087 dont worry most sc st will convert bcz of ugly caste system.
@@kamartaj3010 actually that's good and we ar happy.....
Sheer genius, Rajesh Sir! Thank you for making such a subtle,clever movie with tongue firmly in cheek ! Thank you, Pa Ranjith Sir.
This Movie is everything. you have shown the caste, Gender, and politicized mental health. very fresh, indeed.
I like how this movie says so many things subtly. Kudos to the writers and creators
That girl reminded me of kangana,savarna casteist feminist
Superb! Someone had to make this and I am glad that you guys did it, this ' too good looking to be a dalit ' or 'your English is too good to be a dalit' is a very common trope. Also, the scene where he calls up the 'Patil'girl to act in the film is a nice addition, for the longest time I have known people not knowing the difference between a dalit and an OBC but having an opinion on them as though they are well aware about the differentiation. Overall great stuff.
This was LIT 🔥, lot of ppl r gonna get offended coz of this,
Film tells a lot about mentality of Indian upper castes without being preachy and also exposes the hypocrisy of so called progressive folks...
forget to say...i dedicate this one to article 15 director anubhav sinha....this story and title perfectly suits him.....
Bhai us chutiye ko ye video samjh hi nhi aaegi 😂
But in an industry where there is no story being told about the dalit attrocities... I understand that argument you might be making but can you elaborate if you feel objection or anger towards him... Meaning would he be worthy of being demeaned or you think this work is necessary but he could have made better choices? Just trying to understand
@@NeetReel im not to say ....to take a film about dalits....but in your films dont portrait dalits as the stereotypes .....you know about the article 15, how the director portrait the characters, ...i will talk about the whole screen play story.. bt i think you understood, if you take the movie in view of common people, i would say it is not necessary to take article 15 like films.
@@selvamkulanthaivelu8409 but selvam isn't the condition of Dalits in UP like that. Caste system in the cow belt is very brutal ... Pan Tomar Singh's life and that environment is like that. If I'm not boring you can you point out where was there stereotyping in article 15?
@@NeetReel No ones neglecting discrimination/atrocities happening in rural areas... Dalits atrocities is by product of caste system , so our main objective should be to destroy it completely..
Is caste only about discrimination or Dalits ?.. if you think it is then.. that's what manustream feed u... Caste is also about the festival we celebrate, the food we eat, the job we get or don't... Etc.... The same way caste is also about savarnas and their privelages... agree?.. I think this privelages make us blind and we usually can't reflect on that.. just like man love to portray himself as feminist but very often he try to dismantle the privilege he has.... The same way the sinha wants seen as progressive by making movie about caste which he thinks it is only realted to dalits.. .. but never wants to make movie which is talking about about dismantling the privelages of savarna or how savarnas is caste blind and benefiting from the same structure.....
Rather than just reading upper caste left liberal material ... He should Read more of Ambedkarite /anti-caste literature.. then maybe he understands.. why Ambedkarite critical about his gaze.. have you heard about male gaze/white gaze/... The same way he has bramhinical gaze of looking towards the issue of caste... Watch pa ranjit kaala and article 15.. You will see difference in their approach...
And we should really have to think about it ... before Rohit vemula happened.. when the issue caste came up .. everybody is like what about reservation.. After Rohit vemula .. word Dalit was getting space at a great scale and almost every major mainstream media outlet, be it television channel, magazine, or social media page, had something or the other containing the word Dalit. Was it Dalit assertion.. making its way to hegemonic spaces? Or
was it the perversion of the same assertion by the Savarnas and they were trying to commoditize that identity... Because the manustrean hegemonic spaces loves victimize/sterotypical dalit.. not assertive .. who is fighting to be equal... !!
before someday sinha tweeted.. more movie should be made on caste.. if he is planning to.. he should take this constrictive criticism of his movie positively and zoom out his lens from Dalits.. try to focus on savarnas.
LOVE THIS!!! (also really liked how the main characters were not wearing blue (out of the red, green, yellow, blue combination that we are so used to)
I'm sure this would burn many hearts :D Loved the writing and performance. My personal favourite is that Palakkad guy. His awkwardness, disgust and pseudo intellect is amazingly portrayed by the actor. He is 8 out of 10 guys I meet :D The film has a discreet charm I would say.
Agreed.
When someone tells me, "wow, you don't look like a Dalit", I pick up broom, stone, brick, stick whatever is nearby me and chase them away while shouting, " Now I look like a Dalit to you!" And it works everytime
Refreshing!!!
You guys have done a fantastic job. Loved every frame of it. Feels so organic. Rajesh Rajamani is great at what he is doing. Thank you Pa Ranjith and Neelam for bringing out such good content.
absolutely amazing. such subtle puns really hilarious. extremely well written. thank you for making this :)
My favourite was the girl - both her character and the acting (skill).
This one feels like a half hearted performance from her. Watch this : ua-cam.com/video/iunmwc1HkZM/v-deo.html
Whats great about her character?
The best thing on the internet today. You guys are awesome!!!
"Hello tiwari!" had me in splits 😂
😂
Fantastic, marvelous, Great work team. keep it up. Writting funny scenes and executing it with natural timing is not easy but you guys nailed it. hope your message reaches every corner of world. Feel like watching it again and again, already watched it 5 times. once again great work guys. expecting more such great works in future. Rajesh rajamani i will remember this name.
You have done very fantastic job by showing the trueth of India Cinema . We are looking preety and dressing well, Can't digested by many. Congratulations.
Absolute genius and hilarious. Kudos to the makers.
Wow what a good and effective story...you finally shows how the discrimination are survive..great story..there is Mumbai's dadar area and song"paha paha manjula ha majhya bhimrayacha mala"its my fav song..im from maharashtra..thank you nilam prodution and respected pa.ranjith sir for showing us reality of our "great" society...
@@neelam_social i already shared...thank you for your concern...and your reply..
A great film with so many impactful nuances.
- The girl: aware about feminism and mental well being but blind to the elephant in the room ~ casteism.
- That guy- Palakkad babhan ultimately playing a Dalit character in their movie
-Tinder match: fit all their stereotypes of Dalit and turned out to be babhan.
- Tiwari, doing research on Dalits.
Riya was good :)
Keep it up Rajesh Anna.
This was a superb film.
The lighting and colourfulness was awesome, the sceneries were awesome, those little arguments were entertaining, the actors did their job well, the characters were relatable and the overall feel was nice and easy going.
I personally really liked the movie!
Keep them coming
Thanks!
Jai Bhim 🙏 Jai Phule 🙏 Jai Periyar🙏
to all
Special mention to captions... It conveyed the right mind voice perfectly...
Slap to those who says : paaka nalla iruka una yaarum SC nu sola maatanga😍😍😍
Congratulations *Kani Kusruthi* for winning the Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Actor for the year 2020
You guys... You have no idea the gem you created ❤️
It was needed, really.
I loved it. This is actually the reality. It's very difficult to say the caste due to people's reaction.
That one idea I always had when I see others who tries to be an intellectual, and when I try to showcase myself as intellectual 😂
*For those who keeps on complaining about reservation system when someone speaks up against the caste discrimination*
Caste system is a threat to National integration. Caste system is a threat to humanity. One cannot build a better nation when a part of its population is suffering from social discrimination.
Reservation is not a privilege. It is the compensation for letting the people suffer from caste discrimination. If someone belongs to some so-called upper caste, living a life without facing any sort of caste discrimination and still entering colleges using reservation system, it can be a privilege for them. And it can become unnecessary only for them. They are more than welcome to get out of the reservation system if they think they don’t need it. But Dalits are facing discrimination even after their death. Even in these modern days, I have to fight with every casteist psychos in my village to carry the dead body of my loved ones to the graveyard through the streets surrounded by casteist psychos. Do not limit the caste discrimination within only rural areas. Even in Urban areas, many people offer houses for rent only based on caste. Caste killings happen often in our country when a person choose to marry outside his/her caste. Having some money in hand, having an academic degree in hand does not protect Dalits from receiving casteist slurs in schools, colleges to work places.
Some men wore thread and some men were chained even before we receive community certificate in our hand. Irrespective of the existence of the reservation system, casteist psychos will continue to live and die like casteist psychos, torturing and harassing Dalits wherever they go. Dalits can get only opportunities through the reservation system but to achieve equality, the casteist people should learn more about social harmony than casteist ideologies.
If there is someone who does not feel hurt by the hundreds of Indian sisters getting sexually assaulted just because they are Dalits. If there is someone who does not feel hurt by the hundreds of Indian brothers getting killed just because they are Dalits. And that someone feels hurt only when they see a dalit person finding opportunities through reservation system. Then that someone is neither an Indian nor a Human. That someone is only a slavery imposing casteist psycho who is a disgrace to entire human society.
If we truly care for our country, first of all we should speak against the caste discrimination, Caste atrocities, Untouchability happening in our country. We should ask the people to judge everyone by their character not by their caste. Then we can speak about stopping the reservation system.
Until the casteist psychos in India learn more about social harmony than casteist ideologies, Reservation system must exist in India. Black and white people are standing together saying “BLACK LIVES MATTER” even though U.S.A has Affirmation act like we have Reservation system in India. But We are speaking only against the reservation system simply ignoring the caste atrocities happening around us.
Reservation in the present form is highly problematic. The main issue with reservation is that adversely affects even those who it claims to uplift. For the scale are made same for all on the basis of caste (for the most part) this creates an imbalance among people of the lower castes who aren't economically well off either and those who are economically doing better that the rest. The ground realities in most cases go unnoticed over the complications of the present day reservation system. The ultimate aim of the reservation system is to reach a point where reservation systems aren't required.
@spunk v but you definitely have an advantage over an economically weaker socially backward person and in some areas an economically weaker but socially forward person. Things have gotten more complicated now. And your point adds weight to my point that the current reservation system is outdated
@spunk v The reservation system may not be a poverty elevation system per say, but that brings in its own set of complexities. The problem and the outdatedness of the reservation in its current form is due to the ever changing nature of the social sphere. It never is constant. So the forces that determine the social position of a person is not solely based on caste anymore. Economic strength of the person also contributes to the same. Hence when the forces that govern the nature of the social structure, the reservation in line with the parameters it set out to take into consideration initially, becomes redundant.
@spunk v also, as I pointed out in my original post, since both economic stability of a person and the caste structure prevalent influence the social positioning of a person, a person from a lower caste and a lower economic background is backward as compared to a person from a stable economic background (or even a very strong economic background) and a lower caste person. This is a major flaw in the current reservation system. Wherein people of the same caste are treated equally irrespective of other advantages some groups might have over the other
@spunk v i agree to a lot of what you've said, and my points were a little different too. And I think you've comprehended my PoV. Since you've mentioned your example, I think I'll add mine too. So I come from an upper caste family, but they werent economically well off, however my parents through their hard work brought in a considerable amount of economic stability. And I have seen how economic strength plays a role in the social stature of the person. The reservation system cannot be rigid in my opinion. The purpose of the system is to one day reach a place where the reservation system is removed. To reach a place where a reservation system isn't necessary for people to find representation. And for this, I don't think a rigid reservation system or as in today's case a system with an ever expanding base can achieve it (unless of course the base becomes so wide that it practically includes everyone, which will likely not happen immediately, but over time might)
Anyhow, my point is that the fundamental objective of the system shouldn't be lost, that to one day reach a place where we don't need it for good.
Brilliant. The film starts with you wondering where's it going but absolutely takes off with part 2. Hilarious and hard-hitting. Well done Rajesh Rajamani and team! I ROFLed at the political correctness of 'mad'.
FYI, what she says is right. For me there was nothing to laugh about. Carelessly using words like mad or crazy is ableist.
@@AJK994 dude stop.
@@varuns9723 What's the problem? I said ,for me there was nothing to laugh about in that. What Aruna says there is true imo.
This is a what most of half boiled directors prejudice about dalit... Nice acting and concept...
This is a wonderful documentary film. I really loved it. Cheers to everyone involved in this project.
Ramaiah, Tiss, Mumbai
I just finished. It's so hilarious..
And well explained through amazing arts of writing. Thanks Rajesh Sir
Fine storyline, half hearted acting.
Now ppl will say, wow, what a wonder, pa.ranjith can produce *English* short films... LoL..
Any one can do anything, provided equal opportunity.. 👍.. good job..
Congratulations Neelam for this best Work.
I shared this short film to all my Groups
I am a Freethinker Feminist Standing up for Equality Social Justice and Constitutional Morality
Kudos guys!!! Brilliant Job_/\_
Tired of hearing - But you don't look like a SC !?
P.S - Yet to uncover how a SC looks like
You dont look like sc, st, bc... even i have experienced this🥴
Say them back 'you dont look like casteist until you open your mouth'
@@kamartaj3010 exactly 😀
An extraordinary satire and the aesthetics of the comedy employed in this film had a wes anderson-esque touch which was awesome! Great work
Excellent idea , this short film can be related more with marginalized sections of South India / Maharashtra. Plight of North indian marginalized sections are very poor . Seems they need another 20 years to reach the main stream. Their leaders failed them badly .
The number of dislikes to this video = Number of salty Savarnas
Just 160
Wt does mean RMBT
Oh, how I absolutely love the lady actor in yellow - white. She looks beautiful, refined, has big expressive eyes and she gave a very talented performance.
My instant crush!❤️
(PS - I am not a d-bag)😂
Now your crush got Kerala state Film award for best actress too😉
Her name is Kani Kusruthi😊
The girl in yellow won today the award for best female actor in Kerala state film awards for a movie ' Biriyani' were she portray a poor helpless women
That ending is perfect. Honestly, no notes, this is perfect and you should go on to make major movies.
Super twist. Loved the character casting. Brilliant satire. Enjoyed it completely. Paalakad guy is actually a great acting enthusiast! :)
Could have said "is this some sort of caste-ing couch" but just-u miss-u. Loads of shares from me! :D
Lots of love to the PA Ranjeet and team... Please keep making such videos 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wow! This was so brilliant! Everyday casteism and all unconscious and conscious savarna biases exposed in the subtlest and most astute of ways. I cringed several times! Kudos!
such brilliance put together in a subtle manner
Amazing work once again P.A. Every point in the movie has something to say about the Hippocratic nature of so called savarna liberals. They normally expect Dalits to accept them as their lead but they should realise now that it time to walk on the parallel road. Looking forward for more such amazing works. Jai bhim
There's so many good details here. Like how the Brahmin man in the car talks about black creatives and their work to appear progressive without considering that, in the context of Indian politics, he'd be the one those creatives were criticizing. Or the "feminist" savarna woman who cannot understand how it applies to anyone other than her. Excellent film.
Also the fact that a man who's read Toni Morrison cannot fucking grasp why casting a non-Dalit actor to play a Dalit character is a terrible fucking idea is just absolutely perfect.
I am interested in how the casting of this film went by. That would make another great movie.
Good film.
Thanks r/librandu for recommendation.
Was delighted to see my college friend as an extra.
Entirely English dialogues make it a bit unsettling as delivery is difficult in English for Indians, even if they speak English daily.
Delhi Belly did well but halfway through you start feeling that something is off, that's why they included Hindi songs.
I understand that English is important here, but maybe adding something like ayyo, achcha, chumma, aapdiya etc would make it more realistic, I feel.
11 dislikes from burned Savarnas🙄
Or for the part that imposed fair skin being pretty than dark skin.
@@vinnycrism No. That character is a savarna. So he saying pretty, from his point of view.
May be their classmates /colleagz
I like the subtle subtext in this film.
Feminism is a luxury which (most of the times) of the upper class.
Sometimes I confuse it to Narcissism too, lol.
Given how good the short film is, it's shameful to know people, even after all the advancements, are still so behind.
I don't think the subtext ever pointed out that feminism is a luxury afforded only to the upper class. It was trying to point out how even the woke upper class who is socially conscious can and are usually casteist or enforces caste based segregation
@@balasubramanianah969 Well, I think I didn't convey my thought properly. What I meant was not about the film as a whole, it was just about that female character.
Brahminism works in a very subtle way.
The girl who is politically correct but uses the word dalit, dalit-like often
I would really love it if you guys make films in English or put subtitles so your stories reach a wider audience❤
When Humour can Prick you Hard👌Wonderfully written and made😍
Brings out subtle and significant behaviour of Indian people. Very well portrayed!
Amazing you guys doing great keep it up. Thanks neelam production
Feel like watched feel good movie.....that lady actor super....avanga expressions dha paathutey irundha till end...
What a tight slap it was! Brilliant work by Rajesh Rajamani and Neelam! Thank you! 💙
Wonderful,
Came here after intellectual Buffalo podcast on anurag's channel
Excellent film... everything from the story till technical aspects... perfect👍👍👍
Dude that's the Best Piece on the internet that I've seen since Years.
Brilliant short film that exposes the hyprocisy already shared with my friends looking for more , thank you team for this wonderful production.
This was amazing! the sarcasm is so on point!
Well the observations are fucking on point. Brilliant brilliant film.thankyou guys for saying it out loud and clear. Jai Bheem
What a wonderful story to break all Orthodox Perspective hats off 👍✌✌
This is a class one short film.. ❤️💙
This was so witty and brilliant !
Beautifully background scores. Loved 'i am gonna find you and make you the face of the nation...' ❤️
Brilliant editing, Borivali national park+ IIT Madras Madras avenue.
Excellent job. Brilliantly nuanced and hard-hitting satire. Mr. Sudhir Mishra should have hired this team before making a problematic piece of cinema like "Serious Men".
At first I thought it would be like bunuels descreet charm...but this is original...and you have very well potrayed the savarna(indian consumption class) essence...thank you...
@@neelam_social absolutely...thank you for creating this type of art counter to the upper middle class savarna bramhinical aesthetics...can you please tell about the songs and music in this film...?
You are also swarn chaudhary sahaab
@@kunalsharma9087 yes...but I have to constantly and consciously practice the anti caste struggle...by changing my title I cannot remove my social privilege that came with my caste ...the only way is to knowledge our caste privilege and constantly fight against this elephant in the room. ..
@@aneekchowdhury7434 brothers if we general or so called upper caste will quit this caste system then these reserved caste never leave this caste system becauseof reservation
@@kunalsharma9087 I dont think so... annihilation of caste is the only way...as for reservation I think is nessecary without reservation the nature of indian state structure will remain a Bramnist State...
Really nice. Enjoyed it. But somewhere in mind I really was thinking why can't Dilip act as dalit..and my guess work made me laugh out loud... Ravi you guys..all the best for the future..
And I was rooting for Aruna..
Wow this is the kinda short film I like watching 😁👌✌👏
@@neelam_social surely, keep up the good work 😊👍🏻
Can u tell me full story in hindi
The kind of thing that India needs right now
Beautiful, relatable and well executed. Very relatable.