Also: Reviews of ‘Saiyaara’, ‘Special Ops 2.0’ and ‘Tanvi the Great’. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
Shazia Iqbal drew attention for her short film Bebaak (2019), about a young Muslim woman who rebels against a strict dress code. In Dhadak 2, Iqbal turns her attention to the fraught matter of inter-caste love.
The Hindi adaptation of Mari Selvaraj’s acclaimed Pariyerum Perumal (2018), stars Triptii Dimri and Siddhant Chaturvedi as lovers whose union runs into violent opposition. In an interview with Udita Jhunjhunwala, Iqbal spoke about the persistence of caste and her take
on the source material.
Centuries ago, Indians were sent by British colonisers to the Caribbean to work as indentured labourers on sugarcane plantations. The bittersweet harvest of this geographical and cultural dislocation has inspired films by Caribbean directors of Indian heritage. Sayantan Mondal looks at some of the movies that have come out of this encounter.
The Malayalam film Feminichi Fathima (Feminist Fathima) is a powerful indictment of religious orthodoxy. Fasil Muhammed’s debut features looks at the condition of Muslim woman in a conservative society through the experiences of a housewife who realises how disposable she is – like a mattress that he son has ruined through his bed-wetting.
The week’s releases include Mohit Suri’s highly awaited Saiyaara, about the passionate love between a singer (Ahaan Panday) and a songwriter (Aneet Padda).
Deepa Gahlot reviews Anupam Kher’s Tanvi the Great, starring Kher and his niece Shubhangi as a young woman with autism who wants to join the Indian Army.
Kay Kay Menon returns as the redoubtable Himmat Singh in Neeraj Pandey’s series Special Ops 2.0. Here is Udita Jhunjhunwala’s review.
In Coup!, a crooked cook starts an uprising in a wealthy and well-meaning by hypocritical journalist’s household.
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