Jude Anthany Joseph's third feature, after Ohm Shanti Oshana and Oru Muthassi Gadha, released on Prime Video at midnight today. This seemingly feel-good film, also seemingly made in limited spaces and with a shoestring budget, tackles a concept and issue never tested before in Malayalam cinema circles. In Sara'S, we follow the life of Sara Vincent (Anna Ben), a young, bubbly, yet unapologetic filmmaker who struggles to make it big in the industry. She continuously assists male directors and is in the scripting works of her dream film. Sara has decided, from her school days, that she would not bear any kids. This is when she meets Jeevan (Sunny Wayne); her relationship with him subsequently brings her ideology and decision into a confrontation with the established norms of society, family and child-rearing. Anna Ben in Sara'S The best aspect in which Sara'S has excelled, without doubt, is its hard-hitting taut script. Debutant Akshay Hareesh deserves praise for managin...
The Red Phallus, Bhutanese director Tashi Gyeltsen's directorial venture, depicts the tale of an innocent teenage girl as she faces ostracism and harsh remarks from a traditional society. The film, which had traveled to international film festivals like Cannes, Berlin and Locarno, recently had its' screening at the 3rd Guwahati International Film Festival. Sangay, portrayed by Tshering Euden, is the daughter of an atsara, an individual of high class who dons masks of clowns to entertain audiences in Bhutan's villages. He also earns a living by crafting phalluses out of wood, considered spiritually and traditionally relevant by the traditional village society. It is in this conservative background, that we are introduced to Sangay. The sequence which introduces Sangay sums up the entire film and the girl's life. As she walks down the green pastures, above which looms dark, ominous clouds, to cross a narrow bridge, she is followed by a posse of masked atsaras c...