Watching the movie, Karuppu, reiterated even God's inadequacies in the face of human free will. In a fantasy world, God can play the 'God mode' and 'set right' all things! But in reality, even God is limited! The movie attempts to 'liberate' God and assist him work 'outside the God-mode'. It even throws an open challenge to God to work in and as the human mould. So far so good!
However, the rest of the movie takes recourse to a fantasy, without making any serious effort at addressing an evil plaguing our Indian judicial system. The closest the movie comes to making a possible response or proposing a way forward, through the maze of the judiciary is citing fear. Fear among the people, especially those directly involved in judicial matters: lawyers, judges, court staff... Fear primarily of the Divine. But, that is a very lame attempt.
For if those involved in the court process were God-fearing, the whole system would have never got corrupted in the first place. And if everyone was so obedient to God, the courts would be redundant!
In comparison to this movie, the other recent movie of Surya titled Jai Bhim is a much more powerful and sensible one.
Nonetheless, the movie is a rather good trigger for discussion in a Theodicy class. God is omnipotent, and almighty, all powerful; but before the human free will, God makes himself and is 'limited'.
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