The Last Song
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The Last Song
"The Last Song" is the reflection of false glamorization of tobacco as reflected in its manifestation as CANCER and as felt by yet another victim of tobacco, Mr. Babu Lal. As a young adult, Babu Lal saw all his friends and companions smoking and thought it to be a good thing. He fell in for tobacco and consumed "Beedi's" (Indian Local Cigarette) for 20 years. He was proud of his voice but his tobacco addiction made him a victim of CANCER. His voice box is to be removed (At the time of recording of this clip). When he realized that this might be his last day with voice, he sings his last song. In the background is a popular song of a Hindi movie (Bidi Jaliye Leh…. Translation means … Light up a cigarette and enjoy………..) which in a way shows (by drawing contrast) that how tobacco smoking is glamorized through movies, whereas actually sin reality tobacco is creating havoc. The shots have been clicked on an amateurist non-professional camera (by a young doctor) and have been transformed into an awareness movie by Burning Brain Society and Hemant Goswami.
One World TV | May 8, 2008
