‘Reporting Live’ movie review: Lost in the shifting sands
The film 'Reporting Live' explores the dangers of investigative journalism and the systemic corruption behind illegal sand mining. It depicts the conflict between journalists seeking the truth and corporate-controlled media outlets attempting to suppress it.
Why it matters
Reflects on the critical role of media integrity and the physical risks faced by journalists covering environmental crimes.
At a time when investigative journalism is making news, Reporting Live exposes the high cost of illegal sand mining. The sand mafia has deep roots in the institutional architecture, but its corruption is often exposed by stringers and is buried in the inside pages of newspapers until a journalist is mowed down or a whistleblower is burnt alive.
Drawing from real events, the film follows Sandhya Yadav ( Parineeti Chopra ), a field reporter for the Mumbai-based Hindi news channel Azaad Bharati , hunting for a primetime story. Alongside her pragmatic video journalist, Vinod Sharma (Deven Bhojani), she is dispatched to cover an infrastructure disaster in Visargaon, where the sudden collapse of a bridge claims the lives of school children.
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