Film Review: Superpower

November 14, 2008 PANAJI, India -- A stark drama of capitalist exploitation, Ramesh More's "Mahasatta" ("Superpower") is an extremely realistic portrayal of what happens when workers are laid-off in India, a nation of a billion plus people with no social security or free health benefits. The film, which will endear to arthouse fans and probably play at many festivals, traces the wretched plight of 70 employees of an electricity firm thrown out with notice. Hungry and desperate, they are victims of a relatively-recent Indian scenario of hire-and-fire management policy.

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