There will be blood

Ref: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/

It is a movie based in USA about how an oil-man (a self-presribed term) finds oil in a village and builds a big business. In doing so, he suffers numerous tragedies, including heart-breaking silence that is created in his relationship with his child. The village dynamics are affected and the effects are unforeseen. The story concludes with the death of a self-professed healer from the village.

This movie is very different from a typical Bollywood movie. It answers no question, raises no social issue, lionises no one and preaches no philosophy. For the interested, however, it offers deep insights and a thought-provoking drama. The hard working business man also becomes a ruthless murderer when someone antagonises him. The doting father disowns his own son and calls him an orphan and other very offensive things.

While oil plays the central role in the story line, the emotion most dominant in the movie is that of revenge. Anyone who is in a position to does so. The healer manipulates the business man when he knows the business cannot be done without church's help. The business man avenges the slight when his business has flourished.

The most touching aspect and the most confounding one is the relationship of this protagonist (if one can call him that) with his son. In the first half, he loves him very much but once the son gets hurt and apparently mentally affected (apart from losing his hearing ability), the father sends him to a hostel. In a moment of remorse, the father calls back his son. In the end, when the son wants to open his own company in Mexico, the father disowns him, calling him an orphan and a competitor.

It seems strange how oil can shape the life of this person. It dominates his thought process, makes him cross swords with numerous people and defines his relationship with his son. Success in an oil field makes him disillusioned about God.

All in all, this is serious drama. Not to be watched when one desires something light.

Recommended for the more pensive mood.