Bhadradri

Men don't cry, goes an old adage, in all probability a stereotype. However, we have grown up on stereotypes, and so we feel queasy when we see a man crying. And when the man in question is Srihari, who is built like a tank, the queasiness multiplies exponentially. But the question that we need to ask ourselves is whether such tenderness on the part of a macho hero is welcome. On watching Bhadradri, that's for a good part made sensibly and sensitively, the answer seems "yes".

Bhadradri is a movie out of the John Grisham genre. Corruption, exploitation, and the wilful behaviour of....