Language: Marathi
Country: India
Released in 2019
Directed by Aruna Raje
A Netflix original

To call it a feminist movie would be clichéd. Though Sunanda, the lawyer, expert in divorce cases, champion of suffering women would make it seem like one. The main focus is on Sunanda’s personal life juxtaposed to her highly successful career. She is a victim of rape when she was in school and still tries to cope with the trauma. Usha Jadav very convincingly portrays a women who can rip off men in the courtroom but unable to stand intimacy with her husband. Girish Kulkarni plays a very supportive husband in spite of the personal battle that she is fighting.
The movie takes a different turn when she takes up Rajeshwari sachdeva’s divorce case against her husband played by Sachin Kedekar. All four protagonists have played their roles incredibly well.
The final take where Sunanda finally overcomes her battle and her husband’s meek acceptance that “Love and sex are two different things” would be hard for many people to digest. I personally feel that Aruna Raje has expertly handled the emotional trauma of a rape victim.

You can watch it if you have some time to spare.

Padmini Satyanarayanan