After Kejriwal's recent multiple exposé of misappropriate assets and sources of income of people associated, directly or indirectly, to the major politics parties of India, it struck me -
Kejriwal's aspires to don the avatar of the change-maker of the country, pretty much on the lines of the movie Nayak - The Real Hero.
See, in the movie, Anil Kapoor plays the character of an ambitious TV camera man, Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, who accepts a challenge by the chief minister of Maharashtra to run the state for one day.
Don't agree? Look at the similarities.
In the movie, Shivaji is a cameraman with a leading news channel and is asked specifically to conduct the interview with the corrupt CM. Here, throughout the Lokpal bill and other protests, Kejriwal took on the PM and his cabinet of minsters head on. Also, the web is full of tweets and posts from people like you and me stating the obvious- Kejriwal is more of a journalist than a politician.
Where's the filmi angle to all this? Arrey, just like the big players of Bollywood, he too has taken a panga with a 'Salman' (Khurshid). No wonder he has received a 'murder threats' off late!
So, all in all, Kejriwal posits the role of the Nayak of Indian politics. I don't know if he'll ever be a part of the ruling party but at this point of time I can't help but wonder what it'd be like.
(Information sources: http://www.imdb.com, http://en.wikipedia.org)
Kejriwal's aspires to don the avatar of the change-maker of the country, pretty much on the lines of the movie Nayak - The Real Hero.
See, in the movie, Anil Kapoor plays the character of an ambitious TV camera man, Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, who accepts a challenge by the chief minister of Maharashtra to run the state for one day.
Don't agree? Look at the similarities.
In the movie, Shivaji is a cameraman with a leading news channel and is asked specifically to conduct the interview with the corrupt CM. Here, throughout the Lokpal bill and other protests, Kejriwal took on the PM and his cabinet of minsters head on. Also, the web is full of tweets and posts from people like you and me stating the obvious- Kejriwal is more of a journalist than a politician.
The movie depicts Shivaji being challenged by the CM to take up his job for a day and experience the problems of ruling a state himself. Kejriwal, on being poked and prodded repeatedly during his protests with Anna, decided to set up a political party of his own.
On becoming the chief minister, Shivaji brings about lots of improvements and quickly becomes an idol in the people’s eyes. In the present scenario, Kejriwal is no less than a hero for a lot of Indians who believe in his ability to bring about the necessary changes.
In addition, Shivaji's actions prompt the leaders of political parties to join hands against him. Going by the rate at which Kejriwal is publicizing our politicians as ek hi thaili ke chatte-batte, I won't be surprised if Congress, BJP etc. do the same.
Where's the filmi angle to all this? Arrey, just like the big players of Bollywood, he too has taken a panga with a 'Salman' (Khurshid). No wonder he has received a 'murder threats' off late!
So, all in all, Kejriwal posits the role of the Nayak of Indian politics. I don't know if he'll ever be a part of the ruling party but at this point of time I can't help but wonder what it'd be like.
(Information sources: http://www.imdb.com, http://en.wikipedia.org)
