How individual men and patriarchy broadly continue to shape the lives and freedoms of independent contemporary women are themes that underpin the film. Evocatively set in today’s working-class Mumbai and rich with quietly accreting moments of emotional power, the beguiling drama centers on two roommates, both nurses at a city hospital—kind but rule-abiding head nurse Prabha and the younger, lovestruck Anu—and their elder coworker, Parvaty, a cook.
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Dec, Sat, 2024