'Ek Doctor Ki Maut' and the dangers of bureaucracy superseding science

Tapan Sinha's Ek Doctor Ki Maut shows us the dangers of bureaucracy superseding science

Dr Dipankar Roy (Pankaj Kapur) strikes a hands-up pose and declares: “I surrender!” In the climactic scene of Tapan Sinha’s National Award-winning 1990 film Ek Doctor Ki Maut, its protagonist finds himself in front of a committee of his peers, who are trying to determine whether or not he has actually discovered a vaccine for leprosy as he claims. Dr Roy makes no bones about the fact that he has no regard for the members of this board. “Who among you is a microbiologist?” he asks, calling into question their qualification to judge him when they are not even aware