Volume III Special Issue I January 2023

Name of Author : Joseph K J, Dr. J Amalaveenus

Title of the paper : World War III will be War for Water: An Aquatic Analysis of the Tamil Movie Sardar

Abstract: This paper explores the aquatic elements in the Tamil movie Sardar. Rajendra Singh, the “waterman of India” and winner of the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and the Stockholm Water Prize in 2015, has claimed that a World War III is on our doorstep, and it would be fought over water if we do nothing to address the situation. P.S. Mithran, the director of the Tamil movie Sardar, successfully portrays this water-crisis on screens and invites our attention to look at the ‘water’ issues seriously. The film discusses about the importance of water, the death of children from lack of water. Additionally, it indicates the production of chemicals like carcinogens and Bisphenol A in plastic water bottles and its harmful consequences. It uncovers the corporate approach of creating a corporation on one’s land, bottling the same water, and then selling it to the same people for profit while spreading the erroneous information that the water is contaminated and only the bottled water is fine. This movie will create awareness among the people to be cautious and equip the officials to take necessary steps to prevent a war for water.

Keywords : Aquatic, Awareness, Children, Plastic, World War III

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Page Number : 83-86