{"id":10517,"date":"2023-03-31T03:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T07:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/?p=10517"},"modified":"2023-03-03T17:38:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T22:38:05","slug":"movie-review-gargi-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2023\/03\/movie-review-gargi-2022.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review : Gargi (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rating : \u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong>1\/2
Genre:<\/strong> Drama
Year<\/strong>: 2022
Running time<\/strong>: 2 hours 20 minutes
Director<\/strong>: Gautham Ramachandran
Cast<\/strong>: Sai Pallavi, Kaali Venkat, R.S.Shivaji
Kid rating<\/strong>: PG-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gargi (Sai Pallavi) is a school teacher from a lower middle class family, and soon to be married. One day her old father (K.S. Shivaji), a security guard at an apartment building, is arrested for sexually assaulting a minor in a gang-rape case. Gargi is horrified at the injustice of it all, but in spite of society\u2019s condemnation, fights hard to get her father a fair trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This film is novel in that it is from Gargi\u2019s point of view, that of a daughter who is convinced of her father\u2019s innocence. We get to see how her father has always been her protector, in one case, actually fending off attacks from a abusive teacher. When we do see him for the first time, he is a frail old despondent looking man, in a shabby, rumpled security guard uniform. He has a bandage on his head, and Gargi, at the sight of her father in such a helpless, vulnerable state, is in tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No lawyer is ready to take the case except Indrans (Kaali Venkat), a part-time assistant lawyer, who\u2019s never fought a case in court. Suffering through insults and the threat of violence (a stone through her home\u2019s window) for daring to defend a child rapist, Gargi, with Indrans, leaves no stone unturned to get at all the evidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The traumatized victim is not shown much, but her father gets to have his say. He even comes to Gargi\u2019s home with a knife when her father is granted bail, but repents when he sees Gargi\u2019s younger sister, a girl a little younger than his own daughter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film does not take sides, but it does dwell upon society\u2019s mores and personal prejudices and subjective perception. How does one decide if a person is capable of a crime? Does having a daughter prevent one from being a rapist? Do age, gender, class matter? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gargi is well-crafted for the most part. It does not sensationalize or overwhelm; indeed there are stretches of silence which build atmosphere. Sai Pallavi is marvelous as Gargi – she shoulders most of the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the negative side, the screenplay is a little flaccid, the acting uneven (Kaali Venkat) and the editing weak. Still, Gargi is a remarkable film. Recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kidwise<\/strong>: Depictions of the rape although nothing salacious is shown. Talk about rape, women and boundaries, molestation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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