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Tourist Family - Is it a layered movie(Decoded)

Saw the movie second time with my parents again Trying to decode it based on my own observation. I have not seen any decoding videos or something.I am not even sure if somebody decoded. First thing is that probably this is the first time a filmmaker has tried to portray Srilankan Tamils also as an innocent ethnic group that faces adversity while most of the Bollywood movie sets up a negative narrative. On the surface level even though the movie looks just like a story of a Srilankan Refugee family trying to find livelihood.It seems to me that there seems to be a layer beneath that tries to talk about the conflict and the accusations on the Srilankan Tamils. Some of them that came to my mind 1. The Asst.Commissioner is shown as a Punjabi which is somewhat similar to the Sikh Regiment led Sikh Officers which went as part of IPKF during Conflict and unleashed brutalities. 2. The Bomb blast that happens is finally found to be somebody elses doing and a remark is made by Police Consta...