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Economy of any country is determined by its workforce and natural resources it has, and India is not an exception for this. India having a history of cultural richness is now taking decisive steps to set its foot on the so-called developed world, and is already taking the lead in the developing countries along with the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries. But the question that is almost unassailable is whether India will survive its economy without its highly educated workforce.
India has a rich-in-knowledge workforce, and it is obvious from the fact that the countries like the USA, the UK and some others have outsourced jobs to and off shored their branches in India. It is always winning the race of getting outsourcing from foreign countries among other Asian giants like China, Philippines and Thailand and the fact that should not be forgotten is that it is because it has highly educated workforce. To keep this stand firm, India has to have the workforce in its hand.
It is no exaggeration to say that India has now shifted its attention from its natural resources to knowledge resources for its economy, and as is expected resulted in the positive. Institutions like IITs, IIMs and Universities all over India keep on contributing in creating educated minds. It is estimated in a survey that around 5,000 PhDs pass out every year and about 300,000 engineering students graduate annually in India. Yet the thing that is threatening India is the acute shortage of talents in the fields of science, engineering and technology India is to face in the future, or to put in simple term, India is going to suffer the brain drain in the very future.
What is brain drain? Brain drain, also called human capital flight, is defined as the migration of educated workforce to a foreign country, almost with the intention settling there permanently. A 1969 UNESCO report describes brain drain as an abnormal form of scientific exchange between countries, characterized by a one-way flow in the favour of the most highly developed countries. Brain drain can occur either when individuals who study abroad and complete their education do not return to their home country, or when individuals educated in the home country emigrate for higher wages or better opportunities (thanks Wikipedia). Of the two kinds of brain drain, the erstwhile is less severe when compared to the second as the second exploits the intellect gained from the home country to earn for foreign countries.
India had once the history of having excess of workforce and produced in more abundance economists, statisticians, etc. that it could provide with jobs. According to a report, there were around 75,000 unemployed engineers in India in 1965. Let the past live in the past. L.M. Naik of L & T was told to have reported in 2005 that his company requires 2,000 fresh engineers every year to keep up with the pace. It is the case of a single company, but India has big companies like this in thousands, both local and foreign. Suffered from brain overflow in the past, what is frightening India at present is brain drain. What caused this?
Occidental countries are always interested in utilizing the Indian intellect to make themselves richer than ever, and considering this godsend opportunity, the young educated Indian minds are yearning to earn their money in dollars. They are not, of course, seeking after impossibilities as they have acquired what foreign companies require, and get succeeded to secure for themselves jobs in foreign countries, forgetting their home land.
What are the measures to be taken to prevent this? What will be India’s future if this continues? Whether any law is to be implemented to prevent people going for work in foreign countries? All these questions become unnecessary if the every educated mind in India starts thinking of their own country and its development.
Dhanush, with his Yaradi Nee Mohini, set his foot in three subsequent hits. Although it is not an unusual story ever told in Tamil cinema, it is a deliberate attempt to delineate it in a different manner, with all things that satisfy the audience appetite.
Vasu (Dhanush), the only son of the teacher (Raguvaran), is on the job hunt, but of no avail. His inability to secure a job for himself in any organization earned him a bad name both at his home and outside. Frustrated with this, he comes into conflict with his father over trivial things. Life turned all of a sudden when he got selected in a company, where Geerthi (Nayanthara) was his trainer. His interview with Geerthi, who is the interviewer, fulfills its intention of making the audience laugh, along with such scenes as when Ganesh (Karnaas) is forced talk over phone to Geerthi telling her that Vasu is mad in love with her. Her rejection of love for Vasu saying that she already got engaged and is not in a position to even think of love results in great disappointment in Vasu and the incidents coming after in the demise of his father.
The second half of the movie concentrates absolutely on comedy, while gradually moving the story along the main line. Geerthi’s sister’s love at first sight for Vasu and the subsequent events form the comedy track. Regretting sorry for her rejection of Vasu’s love for her, the fiancé and the going-to-be bride in the morning embraces Vasu in the presence of uncle-going-to-be husband, Cheenu (Karthik Kumar), though without her knowledge. It is an unwritten law in any movie in any language that hero should take the hands of the heroine at the end. So happens here.
Raguvaran and the one played the role of Nayanthara’s sister in this movie deserve mentioning in a separate paragraph. Whether it is talking to his son trying to console him when Dhanush told him that his love was rejected, or talking to Nayanthara asking her to accept his son’s love, or drinking with Dhanush and uttering dialogues subsequently in his own style, he proves to be an impeccable actor. (But, it is unfortunate that Indian cine industry lost such an excellent actor.) Nayanthara’s sister makes the audience raise their brows with her performance. Comedy comes without hurdles in her acting. Mind refuses to accept that it is her debut movie.
The movie is not without its shortcomings – for example, making unknown the company’s name in which Dhanush is working to his friend where his fiancé, Nayanthara, is the trainer – but are vanished with the screenplay that makes the movie go smoother till the end.
Yuvan Shankar Raja has done his job well as usual, both in the songs and in the background music. Udit Narayan’s lisping voice and Hariharan’s mesmerizing tone in songs “Engeyo” and “Venmegam”, respectively, bind the hearts of listeners. Camera captures scenes perspicuously even at a misty dawn. Dhanush can be given a pat on his back for shedding his hero image for the sake of character he is playing and for accepting words as “night beggar”, though for cinema. Already being a hit for actor Vengadesh in Telugu film Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule, the director A. Jawahar helps Dhanush have a hat-trick with this movie.
In short, the movie is worth the money spending for the ticket.
