Loved #Jhund. It uses sports as a metaphor to deconstruct the larger themes without being didactic. Instead of showing people from slums in a constant state of despair, it captures the human side with music, celebration, melancholy and everyday rhythm of existence. (1/n)
This is refreshing because Nagraj could have chosen the easy path of 'Sympathy hunter' director by showing the tragedy of the characters in the beginning and thus taking the audience on the familiar cliched style of filmmaking.
He avoids it and rather challenges this very particular gaze. (Especially in the first half)
Much awaited episode 'Caste in America' is out! We discussed if caste is the number one export of India to the USA. How it operates among Indian diaspora in tech, academia, cultural organisation and many other spheres. You shouldn’t miss this one out.
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