‘Fire in the Mountains’ movie review: Ajitpal Singh’s debut feature is a cross between evocative social drama and biting protest art
The HinduJune 01, 2023 11:38 am | Updated June 02, 2023 03:49 pm IST An evocative piece of social drama hem lined with protest art, director Ajitpal Singh’s debut feature paints a keenly observed portrait of a family struggling to find a foothold on the undulating terrain of life with a brush dipped in hues of feminism and pragmatism. Setting his film in Munsiyari, a scenic hamlet in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, Singh, together with cinematographer Dominique Colin, perceptively juxtaposes a bunch of desperate lives etched in flesh and soul against the natural beauty, bringing out complex socio-political fissures that usually remain hidden behind the shiny placard of incredible India. The great opium is perhaps the smartphones and social media that are keeping the guests in the homestay oblivious of the natural beauty around them and Chandra’s daughter of her family’s struggle. Those who have seen Singh’s much-feted series Tabbar would know that the filmmaker is a master storyteller whose deep study of the human condition doesn’t require the crutches of melodrama to converse with the audience.
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