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The Story
Frame:
Angry Indian Goddesses depicts the plight of women in a male dominant
society where they are either seen as commodities or are expected to be
subservient. The plot hovers around seven women who come together in Goa on the
invite by their college friend for reasons not known to them till they reach
and meet her. The story's women characters come from different walks of life
and has their own individual ups and downs in life to share, through which the
film catch momentum. An unwanted incident rocks the boat of all these beautiful
girls' life.
Pan Nalin's film has a compelling message and it brings us face to face
with the reality of our society and makes us reflect to think what kind of
bonding and relationship do we want as Adam and Eve in our Eden. Pan Nalin's movie
is considered as the first all-out female buddy movie and it is also his debut
in mainstream Hindi Cinema.
Cast: Sarah-Jane Dias (Frieda), Tannistha Chatterjee
(Nargis), Anushka MAnchnada (Mad aka Madhurita), Sandhya Mridul (Suranjana),
Amrit Maghera (Joanna), Arjun MAthur (Zain), Rajshri Despande (Lakshmi), Pavleen
Gujral (Pammi), Adil Hussain (Police Superintendent
Genre: Drama
Direction: Pan Nalin
Produced
by: Gaurav Dhingra
Written by: Arsal Qureishi
Story by: Pan Nalin
Cinematographer: Swapnil Suhas Sonawane
Music by: Cyril Morin
Film
Editing by: Shreyas Beltangdy
Presented by: Protien Entertainment
Production Company: Jungle Book Entertainment
Theatre Release: 4th December, 2015
Language: Hindi
Duration: 115 minutes
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Pan Nalin's Angry Indian Goddesses is a movie that makes the society to
relook the way it treats and view women in their life and around them. It is
also a wakeup call for women in general to reflect what and how they want to
liberate themselves from the misogynistic oppressions and restrictions. To
depict the lives, aspirations and dilemmas of women Pan Nalin gathers seven
women from different walks of life to give the audience a bird's eye view of
why the Indian Goddesses have a right to be angry. The Angry Indian Goddesses
in the movie are Frieda (Sarah Jane-Dias), an ace photographer who is known for
her job; Suranjana (Sandhya Mridul) a corporate honcho who is always on her
toes and phone to get things straight and is struggling hard to balance her
personal and professional life commitments; Pammi (Pavleen Gujral), a Delhi
homemaker and a gold medalist in studies who is dictated and nipped by her
hubby for her entrepreneurial aspirations; Mad (Anushka Manchanda), a rocker
who is insanely depressed because of her spiraling career; Joanna (Amrit
Maghera), a half-Brit Indian aspiring actress who is in hope for a big break in
the tinsel town; Laxmi (Rajshree Despande), Frieda's all-rounder maid, who has
her own family issues that doesn't seem to resolve; and finally Nargis (Tannistha
Chatterjee) the firebrand activist who is a potential threat for corporate land
grabbers like Suranjana who are blindly ambitious and task oriented. To add to
the fun and frolic there is Maya, the six-year old lonesome daughter of
Suranjana.
The movie begins with a series of introductory scenes for its lead actors
to depict their varied backgrounds and then focuses on all of them reaching to
Goa on the invite they receive from their college best friend Frieda.
The film portrays the camaraderie amongst the girls and their squabbles
on various matters of life very well. The reason behind the invite for all the
friends except the host, her maid and the activist is not known. They only come
to know it later that Frieda is going to tie the knot with her beloved and who
is the lucky one is under wraps. The
bunch of girls in Angry Indian women are full of fun, uninhibited, open to the
world and like to explore life. But they all carry a deep wound in their heart
which is slowly unveiled at various phases of the story and it takes momentum
that culminates into an incident that justifies why Kali the angry goddess
becomes so relevant to the story telling.
Pan Nalin seems to package too many issues into Angry Indian Goddesses
like gender discrimination, rape, eve-teasing, homosexuality, land grabbing by corporate,
section 377 and that's where the film run out of steam. It appears that the
filmmaker feels that this is the only last opportunity left to talk about all
these issues and therefore, fill it to the brim and push it down the throat of
the viewers.
Having said this, the film is good to watch because of the message Pan
Nalin wants to convey through his beautiful ladies and their life on screen.
The song 'Pal mai samjthi hi, pal mai badalthi hi tu ... Zindagi" is too
good and hummable. Adil Hussain as the Superintendent of Police is there for a
brief period but is able to evoke the right kind of hatred to his creed that
believe a woman who drinks, smokes, moves around alone or in groups having fun,
dress as per her choice is the reason for atrocities against her.
The climax of the movie is flawed especially the church scene, where
people stand in solidarity to these women without even knowing what has
actually transpired between the Police officer and the women in question. May
be Pan Nalin wanted to portray a symbolic gesture of solidarity to the cause he
has voiced through his film but I feel it doesn't come out well when it is seen
logically and sequentially with the happenings in the film.
With all its areas of improvement, ultimately Angry Indian Goddesses
definitely deserves a onetime watch for its message. So go to your nearby
theatre and watch the Indian Goddesses getting angry while you munch over a pack
of flavored popcorn with your friends and family.
Life Connoisseur Movie Rating: 2.75/5
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