Mohammed Nisham is a multimillionaire business tycoon based in Kerala, India.

He is
the managing partner of Kings Beedi Co., based in Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. Apart from being a
prominent tobacco supplier, he has hotel and jewellery businesses in the Middle East. He has a
collection of Costly and Luxurious cars including Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Road
Ranger, Ferrari and Jaguar. The Thrissur District Additional Sessions Court on Thursday, 21st Jan
2016, sentenced businessman Mohammed Nisham (38) to life term and an additional 24 years of
imprisonment for murdering his security guard.

On 2015 January 29 Thursday, he allegedly drove his Hummer SUV into his guard Chandrabose at
Shoba Ltd’s residential township, pinning him against the wall, before attacking him with a metal rod.
Chandrabose, aged 50, suffered multiple injuries and despite repeated surgery, died in hospital after
spending two weeks on life support. Nisham supposedly attacked Chandrabose because he was
slow opening the gate to his apartment in Kerala. Chandrabose died of cardiac arrest after spending
two weeks on life support.
Study/Discuss
1. Does the world of the film work like the real world ( as in the case)? What are the
similarities/differences?
2. How does the film end? Is everything resolved? Is such a solution possible in life? Why/Why
not?
3. How would you describe the main characters in the movie and the case? What are their goals?
What problems do they face?
4. What choices do the characters make? What motivates the choices? What are the
consequences?
5. How is our attention drawn to particular images? How are particular visual elements used as
symbols or metaphors? What about these in the case? Give reasons
6. What are the underlying themes in the movie and the case? How are they related? (morality,
politics, religion, sexuality, happiness, freedom, love, spirituality, identity, etc.)
7. What do human beings most need in life? Does the film/case identify any universal
problems confronting human beings? What do humans need in order to flourish? What does it
see as the point of life? Do you have a solution?
8. Your creative space