Trigger warning: Sexual assault, violence
The film begins with a powerful scene, one that immediately establishes a tone of tragedy, despair and past trauma. And yet, the next voice that we hear is not one of support or empathy, but of rejection, rebuke and dismissal. The moment serves as the perfect representation of not only the core intentions of the narrative, but also of the predominant location of women in society.
The plot centers itself in rural India, in a household where women are completely deprived of a voice or agency of any kind. The slightest act of stepping out of line, like indulging in harmless teasing with a male family member, can lead to catastrophic consequences that might last a lifetime, as the film soon goes ahead to show.
'Odh Gohri', thus, becomes a story that holds a mirror to the violence women are subjected to with shocking frequency, along with the misery, grief and endless pain that gets left behind in its wake.
Read LessThe film begins with a powerful scene, one that immediately establishes a tone of tragedy, despair and past trauma. And yet, the next voice that we hear is not one of support or empathy, but of rejection, rebuke and dismissal. The moment serves as the perfect representation of not only the core intentions of the narrative, but also of the predominant location of women in society.
The plot centers itself in rural India, in a household where women are completely deprived of a voice or agency of any kind. The slightest act of stepping out of line, like indulging in harmless teasing with a male family member, can lead to catastrophic consequences that might last a lifetime, as the film soon goes ahead to show.
'Odh Gohri', thus, becomes a story that holds a mirror to the violence women are subjected to with shocking frequency, along with the misery, grief and endless pain that gets left behind in its wake.
