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Synopsis: Joker is a political satire which criticises the present political absurdities. Mannar Mannan (Protagonist), a rural villager, who self declares himself as President of India, always protests Government for all the absurdities happening around his village. Most of the time he is seen as a Joker. He's trailed at court for his various continuous acts. There comes his past, where he loves a beautiful girl from his near by village. The girl is willing to marry him only if he could build a toilet at his home. Government announces a toilet scheme through which all the villagers will get toilet at their homes throughout India. President plans to visit a village and he chose protagonist's village. What happens when the President comes? is toilet built at their home? did they get married? answers protagonist's act of declaring himself as President. At the end, the audiences are questioned for their involvement in opposing absurdities (who's the real Jokers)!
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Raju Murugan
  6 wins.
 
IMDB:
8.7
Year:
2016
130 min
8,437 Views


Somehow you drove that boy

to insanity and killed him

Lunatic!

Go away

'After the postmortem is over

you can take your brother's body'

'If that mad old man claims it

he will create a huge ruckus'

I'm the one who killed him, right?

Made him a corpse like this

You, me, him

Why did we

become like this?

It has been 20 years

since I saw my family

I can't turn a blind eye to

what is happening around me

Rage

Retaliation

I felt I can sleep

only if I do something

What's most painful is...

...the very people

whom we are fighting for

For whom we are dying

They look at us as comedians

in the most mocking manner

People are like this

They endorse what's wrong

Make villains win and

celebrate their mistakes

But can that make us slaves

of power and authority?

It's better to eat crap and survive

Rent a lodge near the bazaar

and run a brothel

Are we here for that?

Everyone has labeled him a lunatic

But you loons use caste, religion,

politics as a bargaining tool

Not bothered to look

at a man as fellow human being

He scrapes to live

with selfishness as base

Utilizes money and power

to make life sheer hell

Dissects and sells nature

piece by piece

Mocks at people planting trees

Salutes people who smuggle sand

Like selling his mother and wife...

...he sells his vote

After gawking at all the fun...

...you die like herds of sheep

You are not mad

But we are mad for sure

I accept, we are mad

We are mad

'Hello, comrade'

'Yes, comrade'

'It was not an accident'

'He was hit by a truck

carrying sand and killed'

'We will file a case tomorrow

at the earliest'

'We have started

our fight for justice'

'Tomorrow evening the protest

begins at our Gandhi's statue'

'You should definitely

be present, comrade'

'Thanks, comrade'

'Protest March tomorrow

Come to the street, comrade'

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Raju Murugan

Raju Murugan is a writer, journalist turned filmmaker. His works include Vatiyum Muthalum, Ondru and Jipsy, all of which were published in Ananda Vikatan. He made his directorial debut with Cuckoo (2014). His second film, Joker, was awarded the Best Feature Film in Tamil award at the 64th National Film Awards. more…

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