The protagonists, Dilip, Aruna and Swaminathan, a trio of independent filmmakers, look for a last-minute replacement to their nameless “Dalit character”.

what a beautiful picture, what a great puzzle of poetry. there are many things that can be said about 'Sadgati'.
first of all, men try to succeed but fail in doing so, while women accomplish everything they want to do. women are happy, but become sad because of men. does this mean women do things better than men? this thought is shown with the use of insects: every time a woman does something in the film, we see grand things, like a big pile of mud and an expensive house. every time a man tries something in the film, he is put in the picture with insects close to the work he tries to do. does this mean men are insects? the dust can be Representative for the awareness of the women, who know something bad is going to happen. the big house of the 'bad' woman is full of richness and luxury. does this mean money kills emotion? could be, because the owners of the big house sleep in separate beds. so there's no mention of love in money? money is bad? but if money is bad, why do the poor men die? is poverty a richness? could be, because the real problems are left for the rich men, who will now have to explain why everything went wrong. however, the last image of the film shows us the real 'bad guy': the work itself. there will always be poor people and rich people because of the differences of work. that's not fair. because of that, accidents do happen as in the end of the film. if they should accept each other for who they are and without profits from work, everything would be fine.
with the difference of work, changes in character are important to the story too. the ant works hard and the grasshopper does nothing. it would be great if the ant and the grasshopper would be the same.
because that's the meaning of the picture: acceptance of who we are, knowledge of each others differences and the love of understanding.

For thousands of years India’s Dalits were abhorred as “untouchables,” denied education and treated as bonded labour. By 1923 Bhimrao Ambedkar broke the taboo, won doctorates abroad and fought for the emancipation of his people. He drafted India’s Constitution, led his followers to discard Hinduism for Buddhism. His legend still spreads through poetry and song. In 1997 a statue of Dr. Ambedkar in a Dalit colony in Mumbai was desecrated with footwear. As angry residents gathered, police opened fire killing 10. Vilas Ghogre, a leftist poet, hung himself in protest. Jai Bhim Comrade shot over 14 years, follows the poetry and music of people like Vilas and marks a subaltern tradition of reason that, from the days of the Buddha, has fought superstition and religious bigotry.

第71届威尼斯电影节地平线单元最佳影片。一位孟买下水道工人被发现陈尸于他的工作地点，死因竟然一首歌？65岁的民间歌手兼社运人仕被指控以歌曲教唆他人自杀。随着案件展开，死者和被告身世大起底， 连律师和法官的私生活也被评头品足。新扎编导首部电影即见真章，运用了新鲜的电影语言，以无稽荒谬情节和对白，揭示法治其实是人治的道理，再审视家庭背景与阶级如何建立不同的价值观，成就不同的社会。

12 岁的小男孩西瓦南丹（Sivanandhan）聪明伶俐，他的母亲、姐姐和朋友塞卡（Sekhar）在学校放假期间都要去搬运香蕉秆，这是他最害怕的工作。在经历生活的挑战、贫困、友谊和成长的挑战时，西瓦南丹的决心受到了残酷现实的考验。

An orphan adopted by an upper caste family never learns of her untouchable caste background. This proves problematic when years later, she falls in love with an upper caste man.