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Sarika Joshi
(Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)

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Resonance; to resonate; to strike a chord; the coming together of harmonies

I watched this Bengali movie recently by debutant director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury.

It did not matter that I did not understand Bengali. The body language of the actors alone could have carried the movie. Yet, the words made it fly. I found resonance in this movie, in its simplistic way of accepting relationships, of allowing it to be left undefined. It left so much to interpretation and individual perception with an honesty that’s missing in the black and white portrayal of characters in mainstream cinema.

I found the relationship between Rahul and Preeti that of enablement. Rahul unintentionally enabling Preeti to fly further than the prisoned life her mind has had her leading. I say unintentionally as Rahul never set out to save Preeti, he was the …