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Directed by K. Balachander and starring Kamal Haasan, the 1980 film Varumayin Niram Sivappu (The Color of Poverty is Red) remains profoundly relevant. Then, as now, unemployment has persistently plagued society as a major issue. In this regard, the film's full significance resonates deeply even today. The Plight of Unemployed Youth The story centers on three young men relentlessly searching for jobs in Delhi. Unable to secure any employment, they struggle immensely to survive the harshest form of poverty. Their lives perfectly embody the lines, "Terrible is poverty, worse is poverty in youth," as they constantly battle even for a single meal. The three are Rangan (Kamal Haasan), Appu (Dileep), and Sambu (S. V. Sekhar). Rangan is a youth filled with self-respect, dignity, and anger at societal injustices—a devotee of the poet Bharathiyar, in short. Despite his father being a great music maestro, Rangan left home due to ideological conflicts. He finds that obtaining a j...