June

June is about healing. And in times like these we need more films like this. We have seen so many films about young people who grew up in cities in film families or business families where money is never an issue. But we hardly get to see a film about friendships, about relationships that aren't necessarily romantic but still heal, still change, still push people to go higher in their minds. June is as much about Aurangabad as it is about the two protagonists. Nehha Pendse is the surprise factor of this film. There are scenes where she totally surprises you with her naturalness and earnestness towards the character. Sid menon is as usual lovely. I'd earlier seen him in the gay romance titled Love on Netflix. Jitu joshi again is always a welcome face. One wishes one saw more of him. But the subchatacters of June and their sub plots are just as important in the film. And the film deals with certain dark spaces also in a healing manner. The girl who cuts herself while shaving just melted my heart. And that conversation about a turtle in a well on a bench between a boy and girl was another favourite scene. I look forward to what this director duo do next either together or separately.