I watched another movie with the same friend that I went with yesterday. Only this time it was a better movie. Far more interesting due to many reasons. It had good cinematography and an interesting screenplay. But the major reason why it attracted me is because it featured pedophilia and the abuse of Section 377 IPC (dealing with unnatural sexual offences; for those not aware, the Indian constitution still considers sodomy, fellatio and homosexuality as a non-bailable crime).
To start off, the movie is about a 6 year old kid who is separated from his family as an aftermath of the devastating Gujrat earthquake a few years back. Five minutes into the movie, a policeman is shown who uses the street children for sex. The featured kid actually bites the policeman's penis and runs in the first few moments of the movie. Then, the protagonist of the movie, who adopts this estranged kid gets arrested on charges of pedophilia. During the time at the police station, Section 377 is clearly read out completely. Actually, the camera captures the actual text while it is being read out.
It is only a week since the last appeal to take out this section from the constitution was discarded. I really hope that something positive happens soon in this issue.
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