12 ANGRY MEN

On a pleasant Saturday Evening I set off to Lutyens Delhi. I first stopped for the most popular monument in Delhi, the tremendous India Gate. The place was absolutely swarming with visitors and tourists. I ate an ice cream in the warm breeze, and then set off to the Akshara Theatre, where I was going to watch a drama called 12 angry men, which is a movie from 1957. A young slum dweller is accused of murdering his father and is put on trial.The twelve jurors retire to the jury room, having been yold that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Eleven of the jurors vote for conviction, each for reasons of his own. The sole holdout is Juror #8, who votes not guilty, and convinced all the other 11 jurors that the boy is innocent, with analysing testimonies, and plunging into details of the case, and finally they arrive to a verdict of not guilty. At first I expected it to be an average drama, but I was starstruck with the brilliance of the twelve's acting. I was impressed with the dialogues, the comedic scenes, and the values it displayed. Mu first proper mystery play, and what an absolutely magnificent portrayal of how a jury reaches a verdict. The jury spoke, we had a verdict, and the verdict was a clear. An evening well spent!