ANALYSIS ON JAI BHIM

Jai Bhim shows a mirror on our society. It pushes

the boundaries of film making and connecting it,
not just to stark reality, but helps us to work
towards seeking social and institutional
transformation for protecting the human rights of
the most vulnerable.
Jai Bhim is an extraordinary film that grips the
society’s attention, shakes the human
conscience and shackles the faith and hope
that we have in democracy, democratic
institutions and indeed, the rule of law. As we
celebrate India’s 75 years of
independence, Jai Bhim shows a mirror on
our society. It pushes the boundaries of film
making and connecting it, not just to stark
reality, but helps us to work towards seeking
social and institutional transformation for
protecting the human rights of the most
vulnerable.
Jai Bhim, while keeping a tight narrative of the
protagonist, “Justice” itself on trial was
constantly struggling to keep hope alive but
was sincere in showing the brutal realties of
policing. Every actor of the criminal justice
system, right from the constable, sub-
inspector, Inspector of Police and all the way
to the highest echelons of police had
demonstrated impunity, indifference, and
irresponsibility to the need for protecting
rights and providing justice to the victim.

ANALYSIS ON SHAHID

Shahid Azmi, a former militant operative,

goes on to become a criminal lawyer. He
fights to get justice for those who have been
falsely convicted of terrorism but himself
meets an unjust end.
Shahid Azmi (1977 – 11 February 2010) was an
Indian lawyer, best known for defending cases
of persons accused of terrorism. Azmi was
accused of crime at a young age; in 1992, aged
15, he was arrested for violence during the
1992 Bombay riots. Let off lightly as a juvenile,
and due to lack of any proper evidence against
him. As a young adult, he was again arrested,
this time under Terrorist and Disruptive
Activities (Prevention) Act, for plotting against
the state. He spent seven years in Delhi's Tihar
Jail.[1] In jail, he was encouraged to resume his
education, and by the time he was released, he
had taken a degree in law. In 2003, he began
practising as a criminal defense lawyer in
Mumbai, where his uncle, Abu Azmi, was a
prominent politician. The cases handled by him
were almost exclusively of defending cases for
those accused of terrorism, who he believed
had been jailed as scapegoats. He was shot
dead by four assailants in his office in Kurla,
Mumbai on 11 February 2010 at the age of 32.