ReviewUltimately, 19.20.21 is also about hope — that truth will prevail, and that cooked-up stories might unravel in court. It is an important film for Kannada, for it speaks truth to power.YouTube/TSeriesA group of tribal people speaks about how a road to their hamlet will ensure they can see their children, who study in the town and stay in hostels, more often. But another voice among them chips in: the road will ensure the officials also come right to our doorstep, right? This line summarises what Mansore’s subtly searing Kannada feature 19.20.21 is all about. Development at what cost? Human rights at what cost? And what kind of development is it if the original inhabitants of the land, the Adivasis, fear people who enter their forest and life and throw both asunder? Director Mansore is a national-award-winning filmmaker who has always chosen to bat for the oppressed and those who raise their voices,...