"Masaan"

Masaan,a debut direction by Neeraj Ghaywan is outstanding work showcasing various emotions, Ranging from fear, despair, hope, faith, disappointments and loses. The movie brilliantly portrays
two parallel stories digging the brutal truths of Indian society like caste divides, financial grievance, corrupt law workers and sexual hardships.

The first story is of a young girl 'Devi' , beginning in despair, whose sexual rendezvous with a college boy went extremely wrong. While the boy commits suicide, Devi and her father had to suffer from the bad of a money-minded police officer who offers to dismiss the case against heavy bribe. The story revolves round her hardships and her constant battle to survive in this immoral society.

Other parallel story portrays a star-crossed romance between 'Shaalu'  and 'Deepak' , while Shaalu was an aristocrat, Deepak was a dalit cremator. Starting with the innocence of juvenile love, thet tables turn, when Shaalu meets with a fatal accident, pushing down Deepak into despair.

The movie set us to re-think the about the boundaries in the name of tradition and culture we created for the youth of the country. We live in a country where love, is but a crime, constantly endeavoring to set everyone in vain and despair.

Masaan perfectly captures the journey of two tragedy-struck souls that comes to a beautiful concluding scene that manifests retrieval always comes, which may be bit difficult but never too far. Also, apart from the amazing direction, overwhelming story and outstanding acting it contains a soul- stirring and soothing song, which when added together makes this an outstanding movie worth a watch.

-Durgeshwari Naik

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