Tribhanga

Be ready to get enthralled by watching three unique and fascinating levels of Tribhanga and the inherent correlations, performed by seasoned and convincing dancers, well worthy of a loud applause. Kudos to the choreographer, Renuka Shahane.

"Tribhanga" tells the stories of three generations of women tied by an incident in the most unconventional way. The film very beautifully defies and questions the patriarchal society, avoiding preachiness throughout. Directed by a lady, the film delves deep into the emotions of womanhood and charting from what appears to be an unlikeable protagonist puts the audiences into different perspectives to understand the complexity of life. Aside the foul language which might make some viewers uncomfortable, the film is one of its kind for the beautiful characters, performances, and simply its storytelling.

Rating: 2.5 stars out of 4.

I wasn't expecting much but this movie left me in tears. I was weeping at the end of it.

I liked that it was bilingual to some extent -made it very authentic.

As a cinephile, this was great story telling. I hated kajol in the beginning how brash and obnoxious she was and not to mention abusive (seemed to close to her real life persona from movies).

Then as the movie progressed, it made sense why she was the way she was. Kunal Roy Kapur also stole the show, you feel for him.

The movie shines light on women and their choices in Indian patriarchal system and also children coming from "broken families". It was heart touching the way everything was dealt.

Surprised to see Kajol is such a dark movie + the movie made by some of the big names in Bollywood. Definitely, a great attempt at storytelling and also directing from a debutant director.

Kudos to Renuka Shahane.

Give it a try. It is a nice and simple story and brilliant acting from its star cast. But like always few curse words would have been avoided, cus i haven't seen a lady in her 40's using so many curse word, specially if she comes from a decent family.

Tribhanga (Netflix film) review :

Noted actor Renuka Shahane's directorial debut called Tribhanga explores multiple relationships through its three main characters transcending generations - grand mom (Tanvi Azmi), mother (Kajol) and her daughter (Mithila Parkar). Packing in the inter-familial conflict with feminism, child abuse, gender bias and whole lot of women centric issues, it appears the debutant director has bitten off more than she can chew.

Not that it is a bad effort, on the contrary, Renuka deserves praise for handling certain scenes with the right amount of grace and sensitivity. Like the scenes involving the step dad played by Kanwaljeet Singh (endearing). But somewhere, the screenplay appears hurried up to pack in every element at crisp one and half hours which makes me wonder if it was more suited for an elaborate web series than a film.

Expectedly, Kajol is excellent in the main role. The actor clearly rises above the script here and how!! Tanvi Azmi is equally good as her mom who sacrifices a lot to follow her writing passion. Mithila Parkar leaves a mark even in a small role.

On the other hand, the male characters appear ill written and totally caricatured. Kunal Roy Kapoor's performance borders on buffoonery and irritates to the hilt. Vaibhav Tatwawaadi, playing Kajols brother, isnt able to justify his character at all. The problem lies in the writing which is obviously tilted towards the female cast at the cost of crucial male characters. Indeed, a balance was needed here to make the resultant conflicts more identifiable and relatable.

Another drawback is the needless cussing done by Kajol's character. Sorry but all those F words only act as a distraction.

All said and seen, even with all its plus and minus, Tribhanga is one of the better films I caught in recent times on Netflix. Forget the AKs and Dolly Kittys out there, you can watch Tribhanga if you have subscribed to that OTT app. A one time watch, yes!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.