![]() ![]() Smrithika Panigrahi’s Swaaha is yet another ‘newbie’ kind of Hindi film with infidelity being openly talked about. The sudden thwack on her reality happens with her best buddy being diagnosed with malignancy. Her inability to convey her innermost feelings even to her partner and the lack of time and interest to communicate with her mother, all point towards the day-to-day reality of a working woman. Even though the movie radiates the universal truth that the secret to happiness in life is to achieve and balance a positive outlook, it communicates the harsh modern reality of losing one’s personal and emotional ties that anchor us as rational beings. Sunny Side Upar by Vijayeta Kumar features Rima Kallingal as Dr Kavya Menon, with her hectic and fast-paced life that gave little or no space/time for any personal intimacies. This movie has been bold enough to unfold the ‘transgression’ of a woman and satiating her inner as well as her outer ‘modern’ desires. So far the Hindi film industry has purposefully repressed many delicate issues such as the domestic atrocities to women, but Sleeping Partner has gone ahead in narrating it in a very liberating manner. ![]() Punarvasu Naik’s Sleeping Partner, featuring Divya Dutta, treads upon the much precarious path of marital rape and domestic violence. Even though late, awareness and empowerment enthrals her in the form of rebellion, resulting in her defying, ‘being herself’ and deciding the course of her own life. Her ‘pinni’ sweets are given away with much effort but her insignificance is thrust upon her face by her husband as well as by her daughter. The question of whether a wife or a mother is accepted and accommodated only for the comforts that she provides for the family is definitely a thought-provoking one. Pinni is a North Indian sweet dish that is mostly made out of wheat or millets and jaggery. Homemakers in this country would love to identify themselves with Neena Gupta in Tahira Kashyap’s Pinni. Whether it’s domestic violence or the issue of a fast-paced life, this anthology is a rainbow-hued experience for those who love watching movies that are short spanned and divergent. Versatile collectionĭesigned as a bouquet of seven films, this anthology of short films has tried to bring justice to many of the not so trivial issues that everyone, especially women encounter in society. This omnibus of seven movies has genuinely tried to drive home the need for a ‘shortcut’ in life. Zindagi in Short (2020), a Netflix Original Video and produced by Guneet Monga is one of such illustrious efforts. With a new movie being added every other day, Netflix has surpassed all the other platforms in India with its enormous amount of movies available and the diverse themes being included in their original production tagline. A bevy of woman-centric movies like She, Tribhanga, Bombay Begums etc., and their popularity in the IMDB authenticate the metamorphosis of Indian cinema. Yet another major facelift that happened to the Bollywood cinema is the prominence being assigned to women as the centripetal force and aura in deciding the fate and the success of a movie. ![]() In a way, many of the movies addressed the anxieties of the ‘new’ global Indian citizen and they more or less streamlined the geographical confines of the national cinema. The lethargy and monotony during the spread of the pandemic, and the lockdown have instigated many a lover of the silver screen to realize the Over-The-Top (OTT) as the new screen and various platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Hotstar and the like.Īs far as the Indian film industry is concerned, these platforms have acted as a ‘messiah’ and the new ‘messiah’ has been radical enough to broach up the ‘taboo-ish’ and not so comfortable issues and themes to the forefront. Slowly but steadily, the movie buffs of the sub-continent have accepted and assimilated digital platforms and their divergent spectacles as the ‘new normal’ of visualization. An anthology of seven short films, Zindagi in Short showcases stories of seven ordinary women with uncommon stories. ![]()
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