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Motivational Aspect

In the movie, the motivation to do human good was according to the Maslow's Need of Heirarchy. 'Sarkar' did the social work just for his own self-satisfaction. So we can say that the innate drive for 'Sarkar' was the drive to bond with others. With this drive to bond, he was eager to form good relationships within the society and develop mutual caring commitments with others. He, thus, cooperated.

The movie also depicts the Self-Expectancy Theory in practice. 'Sarkar' was very emotional and, thus, is driven by that sentiment. When his son argued with him and spoke wrong about him, 'Sarkar' got hurt and, thus, ordered him to leave the house. Also when the same son, Vishnu, uses wrong words in front of the child, he gets hyper and scolds him. Similarly, when Vishnu came to know about the affair of the hero & heroine of his movie, he killed the hero because he loved the heroine. In the same way, when the other son, Shankar, did not get support from his girl-friend, he left her. All these instances show that emotions were the soul motivator in the decision-making in this movie.

Equity Theory, also known as Adams' Equity Theory, attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair / unfair distributions of resources within interpersonal relationships. The movie very well depicts this where 'Sarkar' poses no biases and, thus, treats every body at equal level.

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* Contributed by -
Neha Gupta,
PGDMHR (2007-09),
President - Media Cell,
Editor - Arena,
IMI, Delhi.
Article posted on February 21, 2009.