Does a woman’s needs and desires mean nothing? She has no right to feel? Finally, I watched this film, from the "medium" works Taboo. The average is not because it is bad, but because it is the very middle of her career (there are early works of actors, there are late ones, but I don’t know what to call the middle, so I call them “average”).
The film is fantastic, a real drama, although it is shown in one room and with only five characters. Someone may find such a film boring, without dancing, but there are two very shrill songs, but I like this genre very much.
This film touchingly tells the story of Aditi (Taboo), the average Indian housewife who loves her mother. Her life revolves around cooking, cleaning the house, reading the newspaper and trying to pass the day. She sometimes does not have time to open her mouth when her husband suddenly tells her to prepare food for guests who unexpectedly arrive. And he doesn't care that he doesn't show her any respect by being drunk in front of strangers. It is just a convenient thing for him that he can use at any time. Shrikant (Sachin Khedekhar), her husband is an average male chauvinist. The film begins with the fact that a childhood friend Shrikanta, Dr Ravi (Ravindra Mankani) comes to lunch with his new wife Meghna, a divorced woman with two children (Smith Jakear).
Shrikant and Aditi seem to be happy in marriage, their son Aniket is engaged to a rather progressive modern girl Revati (Namrata Shirodkar). At this point, a letter for Aditi arrives, which Shrikant roughly opens before she barely has time to touch it. It turns out Aditi left all his fortune her former singing teacher, Malhar Kamat (Mohnish Behl). Shrikata begins to be tormented by the question why MalharHe finds out that Aniket is not his own son.Ariq/i>Ari>>Ari>>>>>Ari> The story takes place when both her son and husband decide to avoid her.
I really didn’t like this character, husband Aditi. According to him, it turns out that if a man has an extramarital affair, it is a sign of masculinity; and if a woman does the same, it is a sign of weakness, and she is considered fallen and walking. And he himself for the first few years after the wedding was constantly traveling, like for work, he earned money in other countries, and she languished at home alone. I wanted to get a job, so as not to be lulled by loneliness, so the husband categorically forbade, do you see in their family women have never worked, and will not continue to work, this is the business of men, to support the family, and he does not need the money of his wife. But, condescendingly advises her to engage in singing, and invites the singing teacher Malhara Kamat. The above chauvinist statements sound outrageous, but sad - many men around the world do this.
Feel free to put another tick next to the name Taboo in the list of her amazing roles. This is the whole movie. Her emotions are subtle, but direct. Taboo is Aditi. Another live acting lesson is shown. That's how it's done, guys.
All the other actors are also first-class - from Sachin Khedekar to Namratha Shirodkar and Mohnisha Behla , but for some reason you can not take your eyes off Tabu when she is in the frame, this is her imperious presence. And, perhaps, no one else could perform the final scene of the film as shrillly as she.
Mahesh Manjrekar raised a sensitive and sensitive topic. And its direction corresponds to the script scene by scene. Using a style based almost exclusively on memories keeps the viewer in constant tension until the end.
You have to see this movie and learn from it. This is the film that makes us look at our own relationship with the opposite sex - whether it is our wife (husband), girlfriend (boyfriend), sister (brother), or just a friend. The director clearly shows that all people have the same needs and desires, and they all deserve the right to satisfy these desires. And the end of this film says that a person (especially a woman) should take care of himself, too, and not only devote his life to his family.
Male dominance in Indian society, even today, is unwilling to give way to women. Their supposed love for their wife is only that they bring money to the family, do not allow their wife to work, give her jewelry (at best) and possess her body at night, anytime he wants. They do not care about their desires and needs.
And in this film, the husband accuses his wife that she disgraced him in front of the whole city, and now he is ashamed even to go out. So if you talk about it right and left, trying to protect your false pride and hurt pride, then the whole world will know about it. And I was shocked by her son's behavior when he found out. Gadyonysh, as he spoke rudely to his mother, called her the last words, and wanted to slap him properly, so that he would know what and who to say.
When the film was released in India, it touched the living wives and mothers of the whole country. Many women saw themselves, and this helped them become brave enough to demand equality in marital relations, to recognize and even to be proud of their needs and desires.
Mahesh Manjrekar masterfully handles his film, without downplaying key aspects of the story (which are so little discussed in Indian society, considered indecent) and not allowing it to slide into obvious melodrama. The cast is flawless: Taboo, excellent in the role Aditi, and Sachin Khedekar liked in his role, his character causes contempt and even hatred. Mokhnish Behl is brilliant in his short, but so bright and important role. I love him in such roles
The film is excellent, as close to perfection as is possible in a Bollywood film that solves a delicate problem like this.
Although we have entered a new era, gender discrimination continues to be welcomed and encouraged by society, especially in India. A man can have affairs on the side, and he thinks it's normal, and when a woman makes the same mistake, things are different, despite the many sacrifices she made for her family. The film raises this question very well. Through the depiction of modern society, the film shows situations that have not changed over time.
"My Destiny" - A superb film, it challenges stereotypes, shows the society in which male chauvinists live that a woman is not a thing, she is also a person.
A beautiful movie. Slow, calm, without special effects, and it is impossible to forget. He settled in my heart forever. I highly recommend it, it will be remembered for a long time.
10 out of 10