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In Tribhanga, Kajol reveals both the tendencies and, since the drama is largely defined by her screen presence.
The flip side is she can burn down a scene, too, if the zeal goes overboard.
The film derives its title from the Tribhanga pose in Odissi dance.
Cast: Kajol, Tanvi Azmi, Mithila Palkar; Direction: Renuka Shahane; Rating: and 1/2
The great thing about Kajol is she can light up a scene as few stars do, with her zeal to enthral. The flip side is she can burn down a scene, too, if the zeal goes overboard. It is a rarity, but we have seen it happen.
Yaari,
dosti,
yaarana – there was a time when Bollywood routinely churned out films on this theme, and a foreigner studying India through Hindi cinema might have been misled into believing that only men form friendships here. By the turn of the century, the preferred label became “male bonding flicks”, which was a more honest, accurate description of this almost-exclusively-male genre.
The likes of
Dil Chahta Hai and
Rock On have finally begun making way for women, the most high-profile example of this evolution being Shashanka Ghosh’s
Veere Di Wedding (2018). I remember speaking to women friends who were as tickled as I was that
critic s rating: 3.0/5
We’re the product of our choices, as they say. And have to suffer the consequences of both good and bad choices. No one makes perfect choices. What’s important is that those choices should be our own choices and shouldn t be imposed on us. Living with the consequences of a wrong choice, as long as it was an independent choice, is still a victory at least that’s the lesson of the film. Tribhanga, whose title is taken from a dance pose in Odissi dance, looks at the life of three generations of women who made their own choices and how those choices affected them and those around them.
Tribhanga Review: Genteel Ode To Women Starring Kajol Merits Three Cheers
Tribhanga Review: Genteel Ode To Women Starring Kajol Merits Three Cheers
Tribhanga Review: Kajol provides the frisson that the understated film needs but it is Tanvi Azmi who is the real star of the show. Mithila Palkar has much less to do but steps up to the plate when she needs to.
Tribhanga Review: Kajol, Mithila Palkar, Tanvi Azmi on a poster (courtesy kajol)
Cast: Kajol, Mithila Palkar, Tanvi Azmi, Kunaal Roy Kapoor
Director: Renuka Shahane
Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 5)
For women, no matter how independent they are, surmounting patriarchal stumbling blocks is a huge challenge. It always was. It still is. In
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