Kanika Dhillon on the various motifs in Haseen Dillruba: Ode to Hindi pulp fiction, Ganges for all moods, and food for thriller
FirstpostVinil Mathew’s romantic thriller Haseen Dillruba released last week to a widely polarised response from critics. Edited excerpts from the interaction below: Haseen Dillruba largely hinges on the protagonist’s penchant for pulpy crime-romance novels. Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey in Haseen Dillruba For people living in small towns, these novels serve as windows to the world as well as an outlet to their suppressed feelings. Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey in Haseen Dillruba Coming to the audience, they have loved the girl who wants sexual fulfilment in marriage because perhaps they have understood and identified the themes of dysfunctional arranged marriages — sexual fulfilment, redemption, and sacrifice — at a sub-conscious level better than a theorised, almost taking-a-high-moral-ground expert.
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