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Introduction –
Patriarchy continues to flourish in modern homes and in the lives of even young couples. Although it is denied or replaced with society friendly synonyms, it nonetheless lurks around within the families. This is especially true when it comes to sex.
Synopsis –
The film opens up inside a car where Amrita is swearing and cursing at the doctor she’s just visited. She tells Sumeet she had a difficult time convincing him that she had a fall and the bruises on her face were not because of domestic violence. Amrita says she didn’t have the guts to tell him that her husband, inspired by a film turned into a “Rambo” in bed. Sumeet smiles and offers a love filled roar.
Over the next few days Amrita is constantly heckled by her office colleagues, her friends and even the residents of her building. One of them even suggests that she join a support group to make sure that her husband is kept on leash. Surprisingly, Amrita does join the group and it is here she gets reintroduced to the concept of “Consensual sex”.
The final scene reveals the truth; that Sumeet did abuse Amrita, albeit accidentally. She’d not agreed to his idea of pleasure and yet he had gone ahead and in the process hurt her.
The film touches a delicate subject “Sex”, especially post marriage. Couples have this weird notion that it obligatory to satisfy their partner sexually … anytime. The film done well to portray a perfect couple, who are truly in love and respect each other’s take on various subjects, except … and apparently consensual sex.
Analysis –
Sumeet like many other talented actors is yet to taste real success. His performance once again proves that he is one of the underrated actors ( someone please offer him a feature length role ). On the other hand Amrita too is not far behind on the acting scale. This is obvious from the chemistry they share until the last scene when she reveals that Sumeet went ahead with his fetish experiment in spite of her not agreeing to it. Direction, cinematography and music merge into a beautiful, thought provoking and meaningful cinema.
Year of Release – 2019 | Director – Shubham Yogi | Writer – Shubham Yogi | Running Time – 12 Minutes | Availability – YouTube – Terribly Tiny Talkies