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Honour Killing Through The Lens
1 November 2009 10:09 PM, PST
If cinema must entertain, it must also evoke ideas and provoke minds. But most of Indian cinema stops with titillating one’s baser senses. It is merely once in a way that a film such as “Land Gold Women” is made that not only tells a story that engages you, but also pans across and focuses on social malaises, such as, in this case, honour killing. Written, scripted and helmed by Avantika Hari, a Tamil who grew up in Dubai and now lives in Mumbai after her recent marriage with a Bollywood producer-director, the movie is a disturbing look at honour killings in Britain.
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- Gautaman Bhaskaran
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