Her Resurrection- A Review

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Feminism is not a fad but intent, not a cult but a religion in India. 'Her Resurrection' by Soumyadeep Koley is not merely a harbinger of harsh realities to fore, but it is the undying spirit of women that survive the dogmas and refuse to succumb under the bigoted faiths. 

Maya among the likes of Kumar and Shittuppam, is not just another protagonist helping to unfold a story plot; it is instead the pull back of the male skin to unfold the grave and grotesque misdemeanours of men.

Often, I have snubbed and sidelined the entity of feminism as a part and parcel stemming from the pragmatic discourse of intellectuals. However, Soumadeep with his tale of Maya has not only brought out the catharsis post rape but a catalysis of reactions that gains momentum when a young girl chooses to defy the contemporary societal norms and refuses to be a pariah in the course of her endless trauma.

I can take you through the day-to-day impediments of Maya and share all her travails but what good is a beautiful text if not read but seen only from the eclipsed view of a reviewer. People like Shittuppam and Kumar are not individual characters menacing the very existence of Maya in the text, but they are everyday metaphors of menace against the rebels like Maya who refuse to kneel down before their oppressors.

The voice of Maya, regardless of caste and creed, is the strong voice of the suppressed subaltern community. In the text, the curse called dowry mocks and jeers at the idea of a progressive India when a minor wails to study and the inebriated father thrashes her if she chooses to open her mouth against ‘his will’.

Even the idea of a teacher is flayed when he stands against education and questions: so now, you wish to study more than me, girl? And, that wasn’t a question at all! It was education lampooned and Maya ridiculed.

‘Her Resurrection’ is a seething attack on the questionable mindsets of males. To me as a linguist, the text is not just a story but a mission that uncovers the atrocities against women to achieve honour for them instead. 

Join his social-media effort at: facebook.com/unitedforwomen and let us make ‘her resurrection’ possible by honouring her essence.

Rustom (2016) - Movie Review

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Rustom Pavri. A decorated naval commander is taken to trial, or in better expression, was taken to trial for shooting three bullets into the chest of his wife’s lover. Or, is it? Is the plot this obvious? So, a man’s ego is upset over wife’s deception but was there a greater game afoot? Rustom answers it all. The plot is seemingly loose towards the first half when the scenes grapple to clinch a maturing. 

The seeds of a murder, a trial and a confession are sown towards the beginning. Director Tinu Suresh perhaps has loosened the characters to unfold on their own until the second half of the script where the action begins to gain momentum and people begin to suspect multiple issues. Was it a premeditated murder of a shady businessman or a crime of passion committed in the spur of the moment?

With this thought wreaking havoc in audience, Akshay Kumar playing the lead role of the naval commander and interestingly who projects a slight shade of a spurned lover in the first half begins to appear cool, calm and collected during his own trial. This transition baffles the viewers.

Rustom is a man who shows that honour of a lady conquers all animalistic emotions of could-be violence on spouse. The movie is not merely an entertainer for box office collections but a flick with a moral message for men in the contemporary era. Even when, Akshay Kumar gets to know of his wife’s indiscretion, he stands before her with pain in his gaunt but refuses to lift a finger on her character.

He repeats his gentleman-like gesture when he refuses to hire a lawyer for himself because he could not smear his wife’s character to defend his own. In a nutshell, the movie is not just about the intent of a gallant naval officer but about the undaunted values inherent in the Indian Navy.