A Death in the Gunj

Sensharma's assured directorial debut unpacks a complex sentiment with feeling, and gives us a layered film with memorable characters about the games people play, and how, sometimes, that can have terrible consequences.

A masterly depiction of how patriarchy can rot a family tree.

This film will seep into your skin. Hours later, I was thinking about Shutu and his scars, including the ones he leaves behind.

We need to have a middle path between "arty farty parallel cinema" and "mass masala entertainer", and Konkona Sen Sharma seems to have found a way, with A Death in the Gunj.