Tsotsi - The movie

A riveting, ripping story of a Johannesburg street thug-gang leader David on his path to redemption from being a cold-blooded pillager-murderer to one of a strikingly enlightened mind set. Prima facie, it looks like another one of those goody-goody gangster gone good movies. However, it is far from being the case. On one of his jobs, david acidentally carried with him the infant of his victim. He was so far out when he realised this that he possibly could not turn back. So he just hung on to the kid. What was so brilliantly poignant was the way in which his evolving psyche was depicted. There was something in the innocence and helplessness of an infant that managed to pierce the prejudiced dogmatised mind of david. This was nevertheless aided by some traumatic moments early into his childhood involving his AIDS stricken mother and his callous,idotic,ruthless dad.

Anyway, the point i wanted to make was this: At each stage of our lives we come across changing environments and external factors. However,we find that though these changes seem apparent, the ONLY change that is worth anything is the change induced from within. This is the only change that can stand the test of time and aid oneself. The others are just fleeting fickle moments that time and again are wrought to nought.

PS: The guy who played the beggar in the railway station should have gotten an award :)