Saturday, December 31, 2022

Ram Setu

 Ram Setu directed by Abhishek Sharma with actors like Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez, Satya Dev, Nasser, Nushratt Bharuccha, and Pravesh Rana is a stylish movie.


It's a mix of facts and fiction. How much of it is fact, and how much if fiction, only a few if at all would know. The story is about an atheist archaeologist turned believer (the lead actor) races against time to prove the true existence of the legendary Ram Setu before evil forces destroy the pillar of India's heritage.

Dr Aryan Kulshreshta is felicitated in Afghanistan by the archaeological department for discovering a treasure on archaeological site and saving it from Taliban. Upon his return he is promoted as the director in his organization and gets the chance to make a report on going issue in the country about Ram Setu being natural or man made as government plans to demolish it due to industrial development. Aryan's being an atheist drafts his reports which creates and issue over the country about Ramayan and existence of Ram for which he faces suspension and his family has to face the brunt. Like what is shown in 'The Rocketry: Nami Effect'.

His wife asks him to stay away from the controversy for family sake but Aryan decides to clear his name and gets chance to work with Pushpak Shipping whose owner Indrakant is behind the urban development and wants evidence on Ram Setu not being built by Ram. Aryan arrives at the site of Ram Setu and gets to work with project manager Bali and his team one being Dr Sandra Rebello but underwater he has to work carefully and not cross Srilankan borders due to ongoing civil war. Aryan discovers a floating stone underwater which proves that Ram Setu existed before BC and was possibly built by Ram but Indrakant asks to get more evidence to prove the same. Aryan, Sandra and Dr Gabrielle go on a night mission underwater to unfold the mystery but find that they are made scapegoat in a plan and left to die under water in stormy weather by Bali and Indrakant. Dr Gabrille acts smart by taking the floating stone along with them as she suspected Bali, in mid sea they are saved by a Srilankan fisherman AP. Bali finds that the stone is missing and decides to chase them but AP helps them cross the borders and the stone goes missing in the chase while Gabrielle is shot by Bali. Aryan now along with Sandra and AP decides to prove the existence of Ram and Ram Setu by doing his research across borders in Srilanka which has existence of Raavana which by itself will be a big evidence that Ram Setu was not natural but built by Ram.

At the end of the film, we get to see that the Court agrees to the Conclusions and the evidence provided by the Aryan and Puts the Stay order on the work at RAM SETU.  One would wonder who was AP played by Satyadev, when Aaryan opens the Dairy of AP, he was shocked to see that only ‘Jai Sree Ram’ was written all over it.

Irrespective of the movie, the debate and the discussions in the court continue. 

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