Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam

There is something very gratifying about watching democracy at work. Seeing people stand in line to cast their votes whips me into a patriotic frenzy in ways that "surgical strikes" or Independence Day flypasts don't. A R Mohan's Itlu Maredumilli Prajanikam milks this fervour for all it's worth, and gives us a behind-the-curtains look at India's magnificent electoral process along the way.

Our backstage guide is Srinivas Sripada (Allari Naresh), a Telugu schoolteacher brimming with optimism and community spirit. Srinivas is the very definition of an Ideal Citizen. As a volunteer....