Originally posted by: pathaka
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The film however, did not show why any of the characters having an absolute need to go to England ….to use treacherous routes to get there. …for a family that they probably won’t even see again …to live in less than ideal conditions
Even if they were fooled into thinking London will give them a good life, still makes no sense why they would refuse to go back to India with Hardy after the seeing the reality of it ….and insist on personal suffering
The film didn’t justify any of this …and kept hacking one emotional monologue after another with barely any context or logic to it
I partly agree with you as for a logical thinking person this makes no logic in real life. But this movie is a story and stories have their own logic.
In some of my posts before, I already mentioned the lack of knowledge (which goes hand in hand with the - deliberate - lack of proper consulting - in India and in London) and the false base ot their dreams.
We know that Hardy's 'absolute need' was his love and caring for Manu - nothing else.
We know that Manu's absolute need had been to right a wrong.
We know that Balli even with his begging and living in fear of the police could send money home. Before getting caught, they had learned about possibilities to earn money (of course hoping for better work).
We know that Manu got married, so there could have been a vague possibility for getting other life conditions after their decision to stay.
We've seen how Manu tries to defend her wish to stay in London when Hardy says they should return, that this life would be degrading. After all she left behind and had gone through she didn't want to let go of the illusion to make money and to return to get back the house.
What did they even know about the possibility to return? They learned it only when it was too late.
Hardy was the only one who had no problem in returning to India and making his life there ... knowing about Manu's love for him and as he had been a soldier (having pledged allegiance to the Indian flag) he didn't want to be a traitor to his country (and why should he?). If there had been another - decent - solution, he would have stayed. In addition he certainly thought that Manu would go with him.
To me, from the point of view of the characters, their acting was logical (not right, but understandable).
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