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This chapter engages with the Tamil film Jai Bhim (2021) to argue for its significance as a human rights film, a first of its kind to focus on the predicament of Irulars, designated as a scheduled tribe community in Tamil Nadu, South India. The singularity of the film lies in its adapting of a case history of the iconic human rights-driven Justice Chandru, when, as a lawyer, he took up the case of a young Irular woman whose husband and brother, along with other community people, were arrested and harassed in violation of their human rights, leading finally to torture and death of her husband. While detailing the long and resilient struggle for justice against a corrupt and inhumane system, the chapter also foregrounds the changes during the adaptation of a case history, the inner contradictions in the film regarding the inclusivity of language, and the othering of a marginally higher caste.

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Jai Bhim and Human Rights: State Oppression, Spirited Lawyer, and the Indigenous Community

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    2025年

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  • Swarnavel Eswaran

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This chapter engages with the Tamil film Jai Bhim (2021) to argue for its significance as a human rights film, a first of its kind to focus on the predicament of Irulars, designated as a scheduled tribe community in Tamil Nadu, South India. The singularity of the film lies in its adapting of a case history of the iconic human rights-driven Justice Chandru, when, as a lawyer, he took up the case of a young Irular woman whose husband and brother, along with other community people, were arrested and harassed in violation of their human rights, leading finally to torture and death of her husband. While detailing the long and resilient struggle for justice against a corrupt and inhumane system, the chapter also foregrounds the changes during the adaptation of a case history, the inner contradictions in the film regarding the inclusivity of language, and the othering of a marginally higher caste.