Chaitanya
Tamhane, born in 1987, is an Indian film maker and screen writer known for his deeply
observational and socially relevant cinema.
His court (2014) is a Marathi-language courtroom drama that dissects the
flaws and absurdities of the Indian Judicial system. 'Court' deals with the trial of Narayan
Kamble a folk singer and activist, who is arrested on charges of abetment to
suicide after one sewer's death in a water logged manhole due to the negligence
of safety measures. One of his
performance was allegedly considered as the cause that forced the sewer to
commit suicide, though it was an accidental death. Thus, the 'Court' high lights the tedious
bureaucratic nature of the legal process and the quiet oppression faced by
marginalized communities.