If you are fond of a tearjerker with plenty of sad and poignant scenes then this is the movie for you. Collect your tissues and settle down to watch this Bengali lady in Norway struggle to take possession of her infant kids taken away by Norwegian child welfare services on complaints of perceived poor parenting habits. It appears that typically Indian habits like feeding your child with fingers and sleeping with your child are considered objectionable in Norway. Subsequently as her kids are forcefully taken away, she struggles to break free when held and screams in anger. She is branded mentally unstable and insane by them and declared unfit to look after her children. This movie is supposed to be based on true events which happened some time back. We therefore need to acknowledge that this is the way events unfolded in the life of Mrs Chatterjee maybe with a few minor cinematic liberties taken by the director which seems fair.
The movie is a triumph for two talented ladies director Ashima Chibber and actress Rani Mukherji who have contributed significantly to this project. The movie should specially appeal to women since it is shot from a mother's perspective. The courtroom scenes are realistic. Agreed that the plot has been stretched a bit but in real life the events must have taken place that way I suppose . Rani has interpreted the complex role effectively and exhibited all the nuances very nicely. Whether she is sad/ gloomy, angry or heartbroken or emotional she has given her best in this award winning performance. Some good acting is seen from Jim Sarbh as the lawyer from Norway. He looks debonair and sauve too. Neena Gupta is impressive in a cameo as an Indian minister.
The movie is a triumph for two talented ladies director Ashima Chibber and actress Rani Mukherji who have contributed significantly to this project. The movie should specially appeal to women since it is shot from a mother's perspective. The courtroom scenes are realistic. Agreed that the plot has been stretched a bit but in real life the events must have taken place that way I suppose . Rani has interpreted the complex role effectively and exhibited all the nuances very nicely. Whether she is sad/ gloomy, angry or heartbroken or emotional she has given her best in this award winning performance. Some good acting is seen from Jim Sarbh as the lawyer from Norway. He looks debonair and sauve too. Neena Gupta is impressive in a cameo as an Indian minister.