With the fifth edition of transtalkies, the department of Media and Communication saw a thought provoking movie “Peepli Live”.
Transtalkies is a part of the curriculum that makes the media students ponder over issues through media criticism after they are shown various movies belonging to different genres.
This is done in order to polish their analysing skills and to make them better media critiques with substantial understanding of media.
We were “Peepli live” directed by Anusha Rizvi and Mahmood Farooqui which revolves around the very grave and crucial Isis of farmer suicides taking the country by the storm.
The movie proved to be extremely thought provoking and had us on our toes.
The event saw Dr Rose Merin from the department of English as the guest. Held in the media lab, the movie session was followed by discussions over farmer suicides and the political agendas during the elections pertaining to the same in order to bag votes and funds.
Dr. Rose Merin put her perspective on the movie and helped us see it through the eyes of a critique.
To summarise, the session went successfully with varied arguments coming from the students during the succession.
Report – Priyadarshni Bishnoi
Photography – Athul David