Language
– Marathi
What
is the movie about?
After
yet another farmer suicide in the village, Alka (Sonali Kulkarni)
suspects that her husband, Kisna (Girish Kulkarni) is also
contemplating death. But Kisna is confident that although it hadn't
rained in two years, with the benevolence of the rain gods and a
little financial help, he can sow a crop whose harvest will erase his
debts. He sows seeds, only to find that the monsoon is delayed. This
time, when the rain arrives, it submerges the seeds. The surviving
crop is seized to offset Kisna's debts. When Kisna takes a loan to
install a motor to pump water to his field, Alka's fears come true in
a rather unexpected, ironic manner.
Who
is it by?
Satish
Manwar has written and directed this movie.
Why
should I watch it?
Gabhricha
Paus contextualizes farmer suicides in Maharashtra even as it remains
true to the black comedy genre. The vagaries of nature are portrayed
to be only one among many reasons leading to failed crops and farmer
deaths.
An edited version of the article was published in Culturama's October 2012 Issue.
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