Rann: corrupted media

Many individuals trust the news and believe whatever the reporter says on air is expected to be correct. A news channel is one of the strongest media building peoples beliefs in society. Whatever they say we believe without knowing if it’s the truth. Most likely what the channel broadcasts on air is true, but some people report things just to get famous.

       In the Hindi movie Rann a man named Vijay Harshwardhan Malik uses moral methods to present news on the channel India 24. However they have competition, another news channel called Headlines 24/7 is managed by Amrish Kakkar a former minor from India 24. In order to gain a higher rating Vijay’s son Jai makes a deal with an unethical politician in framing the Prime minister for being part of a terrorist attack. In return the politician would become the next Prime Minister of the country.  A bomb blast was staged just so a news channel could build their ratings by being the first ones to cover the story. Jai then convinces Malik to present the story by showing him a false video tape indicating the Prime Minister was responsible for the attack. Mr. Malik airs the tape on his channel without doubting his son. Later another reporter finds out the truth behind the story and reveals his findings to Malik who later apologises for the accusations on the Prime Minister on air. Malik’s son jai in the end committed suicide because he was ashamed to face the world of his doings.

         News channels develop media forms that present different types of media content to the society. The film shows how broadcasting channels can easily take advantage of this content and establish into an effective way to transmit messages and manipulate an individual’s ideologies.  They use television as media interfaces to direct messages to a person from their very own homes. A TV is an excellent device and an effective transmission method to influence an individual’s behaviours and thoughts. The amount of media content on television can be discovered by a click of a button and one of the most popular channels is centred on the news. News channels are one media platform that covers many economic and political issues and we never question it to be unethical or false.

        The movie Rann shows a darker side of media and how corrupt it can get. We’ve been told that news is presented for the people and for them to find out what’s going on in the world. The news channel seems to be one of the most caring when it comes to society but at the end of the day it’s all about business. Killing people for the purpose of interesting news is cruel and corrupt. This just shows how easy it is to manipulate people into thinking a certain way and reveals the actions of a greedy person who can do anything to obtain fame and money.

Refrences

IMDb. (n.d).Rann (2010) - Plot Summanry. Retrieved from     
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1451797/plotsummary