"An Untouchable's Tale" is a film based on the novel "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy. It is a story about love, laws, and breaking it. Here, an Untouchable named Velutha, falls into a forbidden love with a divorced woman belonging to an upper caste – Ammu. Together they break the law of India's caste system despite their knowledge "that one day, History's twisted chickens would come home to roost" (269). This choice, of loving someone who should not be loved, brings both their lives and the dysfunctional middle-class family of the woman – the Kochamma household – particularly the lives of her twin children, into ruins. The mystery behind this tale unfolds in the eyes the twins Estha and Rahel, based on their experiences, thoughts and feelings as children.
             Most of the characters in the film consider Velutha a "nobody", because of his being a Paravan. Ironically, he was able to play a huge role in the lives of Ammu and her twins. Ammu was able to experience true love and happiness – one that her husband was not able to give her – because of the relationship she had with Velutha, despite her knowledge that their relationship had no future (320). She had also learned to appreciate the small things in life. It was also because of Velutha that their lives came to its end (304). His one single act of defying the Love Laws created a thousand ripples in the lives of the people that he cared for. Ammu was disowned by her family (285) who strictly adheres to the caste system, because she "defied generations of breeding and brought the family into its knees" (244). She experienced the oppression from the society were she belonged (154), and was left to die alone "with no Estha by her back" (154). On the other hand, Estha and Rahel were both traumatized by what they witnessed on the morning that Velutha was beaten at the back veran...