Film sends a compelling message


Jagat

WHEN I walked out of the cinema hall after watching the local production Jagat, I was at a loss for words. Feeling distressed and bothered, I wondered: “Has the predicament and well-being of the Malaysian Indians changed at all over the last 25 years?”

Jagat is a Tamil slang for the Malay word jahat.

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