Tillotama Shome opens up about her experience of teaching theatre to prisoners in the US

The actress opined that the idea of crime, punishment and justice only cater to changing the mindset of criminals and setting an example for the society
Tillotama has been getting a lot of positive responses for her work  in the second season of the tv-show, Delhi Crime
Tillotama has been getting a lot of positive responses for her work in the second season of the tv-show, Delhi Crime

Actress Tillotama Shome, who has been getting a lot of positive responses for her work as a serial killer in the recently released second season of the Netflix show, Delhi Crime, has previously taught theatre to prisoners in the US, stated reports. The actress spoke to media sources about what she observed and learned from the experience. 

Opening up on the profile of her assignment back when she worked with convicted criminals with regard to the theatre, Tillotama was quoted as saying, “The kind of work I did branched out from something called ‘restorative justice’ where you are interested in understanding what comes after they've committed a crime and served their punishment. Once a person is labelled a criminal, they are considered less than humans for society. But the work we did had the potential to bring certain opportunities for those criminals to change (sic).”

Tillotama added that everyone has committed some mistakes in their life. “We all have committed some mistakes and long for a second chance so that we could set things right but life always doesn't give you a second chance, especially when you are not privileged and don't have an education (sic),” the actress told sources.

Perhaps, art is something that triggers self-reflection and contemplation. Talking about her students in the theatre class, Tillotama added, “A lot of people whom I worked with: I call them my students, they understood the consequences of their actions and were really interested in knowing if there was anything that I could do that would help them deal with situations in a better way (sic).”

The actress opined that the idea of crime, punishment and justice only cater to changing the mindset of criminals and setting an example for society to look up to what their illegal actions could lead to. 

“A criminal will serve the sentence and after that, he or she will go out in the world. While they might change, the system doesn't change; the system that dictates some people have lesser rights when it comes to education or healthcare. Perhaps, that's the reason a lot of criminals become serial offenders. Life is not so black and white. In order to look at crime, one has to look at the nature of punishment (sic),” she said.

Delhi Crime season 2 is currently available to stream on Netflix.

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