"The Killings" and "Viruddh"

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The paper compares the movie with the story. It explains that the movie was based on "The Killings." It identifies the main characters, their roles, what they do and how the stories end. Also includes personal opinion at some points.

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"The story entitled "The Killings," by Andre Dubus, and the Indian movie "Viruddh," directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, are both narratives about two families that go through a similar tragedy. In "The Killings," the youngest son is killed, while in "Viruddh," the family's only son is murdered. The family in the Dubus story is American, and the family in the movie is Indian. The title of the movie means "Revenge," and this, therefore, suggests the theme of the story and the movie. They both are about how the family gets revenge for the deaths of their children. The Indian movie is the culturally diverse version of the American movie "In the Bedroom," which is also based on the Dubus story. It is astonishing to see how two different cultures can react identically to the same situation."

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