Blood Diamond

A few years back when I watched Titanic, I couldn't have imagined in my wildest dreams that Leonardo DiCaprio could ever do a good movie.

And was I wrong.... with movies like The Aviator, Catch me if you can, Departed and of course my all time favorite- Blood Diamond, DiCaprio has successfully managed to mark himself as an A list actor.

Blood Diamond remains close to my heart since it depicts yet another murky and heart wrenching story of Africa.

I watched Blood Diamond this week again. For some reason, this movie never fails to create the magic it did the first time I saw it. DiCaprio, once again, proved his acting proficiency as Danny Archer from Zimbabwe. In the movie, he plays a businessman involved in illegal trading of diamonds to and fro the war zone of Sierra Leone.

Even in reality, countries like Sierra Leone, Angola, Liberia etc. have been inflicted with the pain of this illegal trading for a long time now. The money obtained from this trade is used to fund wars in these places. Hence the diamond is called the blood diamond. Worse- children are brain washed to be used as pawns in war.

The movie is also an indirect satire to DeBeers, a renowned diamond company. It's believed that this company is involved in the illegal trade that has managed to wipe hundreds of innocent African lives.

A well devised plot and a great cinematography. It's a "must watch" movie and once you're done wathcing it, it leaves you wanting to know more about the situation in these countries.