Manoj Bajpayee slips into the role of lawyer PC Solanki, who is unafraid of taking on the rich and powerful and yet human enough to want to make a good impression on the famous lawyers arrayed against him.
Based on the real-life trial and conviction of a self-styled ‘godman’ Asaram Bapu who preyed upon naïve young women, and their even more gullible parents, Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai has a vein of sensitivity running through it. And that’s a crucial element when the subject is such, whose treatment could so easily turn problematic.
Millions of Indians revere these “godmen” and show up at their home in the hopes that they can “cure” their young women of their “problems,” as Nu (Adrija) and her parents (Jaihind Kumar and Durga Sharma, playing the father and mother, respectively) do. The situation is ripe for exploitation, and there have been countless cases of rape and molestation that have been covered up for a variety of reasons, including the fear of social stigma and the issues that arise when victims go the legal route, such as cost and embarrassment.
Millions of Indians revere these “godmen” and show up at their home in the hopes that they can “cure” their young women of their “problems,” as Nu (Adrija) and her parents (Jaihind Kumar and Durga Sharma, playing the father and mother, respectively) do. The situation is ripe for exploitation, and there have been countless cases of rape and molestation that have been covered up for a variety of reasons, including the fear of social stigma and the issues that arise when victims go the legal route, such as cost and embarrassment.