Aatma Sukh | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee February 19, 2020

Aatma Sukh

By Abhi Bhaskar with 6.8

drama · Short Films · marathi

With an economy of dialogue and minus any ostentatious plot devices, the film delves into caste structures and their potency in a rural community. The story is of a widow who dared to marry someone from the lower caste. After his death, when his parents drove her out of the house, the woman finds her way back to her native home.

However, not all are ready to accept her once again in the community. Though there is a suggested sense of kinship amongt the women, upper class and upper caste men refuse to help with her assimilation. On the contrary, they push her away further, delineates the film. By simply showing the everyday, mundane tasks of the protagonist's life, the film makes an impactful comment about the many tools of oppression and discrimination in India.
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