Kapil Berry

In this movie, a twelve year old boy sues his parents. The judge asks him what are you suing them for. Zain replies,"For giving birth to me." The movie thus raises the perennial question of whether one should bring kids into this world if one can't provide for them. Here you have a 12 year old boy, Zain, who literally runs the house, works full time, does most of the household chores, looks enviously at children returning from school. He lives in poverty in squalid conditions. And yet he takes all of it in his stride. But was any of that his fault? The situation he finds himself was none of his own doing. As director Nadine Labaki says, "At the end of the day, children are really paying a very high price for our conflicts, and our wars, and our systems, and our stupid decisions, and governments. I felt the need to talk about the problem, and I was thinking, if those children could talk, or could express themselves, what would they say? What would they tell us, this society that ignores them?" And coming to the parents, the father says that I was brought up like this only. I was told that having kids and family was a good thing. The mother asks the Zain's lawyer that have you ever tried raising a kid on water and sugar. She says she does her best to raise her children and others have no right to judge her. She is her own judge as she said. I don't know how much you can disagree with her on that. The thirty minutes or so when Zain takes care of the toddler are bone chilling and yet they highlight the inherent innocence and love that is there in kids of the age of Zain. The performance of the lead actor is splendid. He carries the movie on his shoulders. We get a deep insight into the troubles and horrors that children(and even parents) in poor households face. The movie raises some really difficult questions, which don't really have any right answer. Watch this movie for it will show you damn lucky and privileged you or your kids are. Watch it for it will make you love and cherish the life you have been given.

I don't think I've seen a better comedy series than this, and a better character than Basil Fawlty. John Cleese plays it with so much ease. His comic timing is superb. If anyone asks me for recommendations, this is the first I recommend to anyone to watch. Just pure class!