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Devi aur Hero
The Goddess and the Hero
India 2019
produced by Aditya Kripalani, Sweta Chhabria Kripalani for Mumba Devi Motion Pictures
directed by Aditya Kripalani
starring Chitrangada Chakraborty, Vinay Sharma, Arjun Ganesh, Madhusudan Vishwakarma, Anil Kumar Pandey, Anjum Rajabali, Debashish Irengbam, Avinash Ujjain, Shivam Pal, Vibhawari Deshpande, Ahmareen Anjum, Anuradha Karnik, Manasi Bhawalkar, Pramod Sharma, Ashraf Rohit, Ankit Kumar, Tushar Sharma, Krashn Kumar, Mubarak Shaikh, Deep Pawar, Sunny, Rambhavan Prajapati, Aditya Kripalani, Rohan Natekar, Ishant Rajpurohit
written by Aditya Kripalani, music by Rajiv Singh, songs by Aditi Ramesh, Laxmi Bomb
review by Mike Haberfelner
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After having been sexually abused by her father (Anil Kumar Pandey) as a
child, Kaali (Chitrangada Chakraborty) has been made the sex slave of a
rich industrialist's son (Arjun Ganesh), whom she has only recently
escaped, physically but even more emotionally scarred - so much so that
she suffers from repeated black-outs, which are worrying enough to seek
help.
Vikrant (Vinay Sharma) is a psycho-therapist, and a very good one at
that - but he suffers from sex addiction, to an extent that he doesn't
even dare to talk to women. He's in treatment for this with Dr. Mistry
(Anjum Rajabali), and the treatment starts to work ... when Kaali enters
his office. He is actually able to help her, finds out that she suffers
from multiple personality disorder and manages to identify her other
selves. But he also becomes increasingly obsessed by her, masturbates to
her picture or when she calls, and even during their sessions he grows
more and more erratic - especially when she wants him not only as a doctor
but also as a friend. He tries but not always succeeds, and when he
invites her over to his place, that meeting quickly grows awkward. Half
out of his mind, Vikrant pays Kali a visit, with the intention of drugging
and raping her, but when she's out and he sees the scars on her body from
previous abuse, he comes to his senses. And with him overcoming his
problems, he can give her what she needs above all, unconditional
friendship, and she gradually overcomes her problems as well. Before long,
Kaali even has a boyfriend, Keshav (Madhusudan Vishwakarma), and Vikrant
is genuinely happy for her. But Keshav eventually turns out to be not all
he seemed to be, and after a traumatic experience at his hands, Kaali's
disorder turns worse - and more violent - than ever, with Vikrant being
her only hope. But there's only so much even he can do ...
This is definitely more than just your typical movie about
sexual aggressors and their victims, as instead of just making good and
evil easily identifiable and presenting a simple solution to its central
conflict, it tells a multi-layered story without any easy and much less
definite answers, and the movie profits from thought through storytelling
and the occasional ambiguities that encourage the audience to figure
things out themselves. And a gritty, no-frills directorial effort that
pushes for realism and a very solid ensemble really contribute to the
impact of this movie that might not always be easily digestible, but is
all the better for it.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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