The film’s commitment towards ensuring that men are not seen in the binary of good or evil but as victims of patriarchy too is a lofty goal, indeed, but fails to make reparations towards that end
People seemed surprised when they saw Rishi in films like ‘Mulk’ and ‘Aurangzeb’. But even when “Bollywood” was just called “Hindi cinema”, there were plenty of serious roles, and seriously worthy performances.
Cinematographer Ewan Mulligan on referencing Tarkovsky films, why so much of the film has been shot either early morning or at night and using water as a motif of death
Director Anubhav Sinha’s film starring Taapsee Pannu and Rishi Kapoor is most compelling when there is no action at hand – that is, when it goes from generic social drama to angry courtroom drama