AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN is a political documentary charting the transformation of Indian populist socialist activist Arvind Kejriwal from campaigner to mayor of India's capital city, Delhi. It takes us inside the cramped offices where Kejriwal forms a grass-roots campaigning organisation from scratch, staffed by idealist young men (rarely women) who have quit good jobs, inspired by his anti-corruption stance. At first, it doesn't appear as if he has a platform aside from lobbying for anti-corruption law, but he soon alights upon a manifesto of giving poor citizens free water and heavily subsidised electricity as vote-winners. In doing so, he is helped by his fellow party founder Yogendra Yadav. Together, the party they form unseats the incumbent politician and as we leave Kejriwal he is basking in the glory of his people. We learn in a triumphant final subtitle that he has made good on his promise to deliver water and cheap fuel.
