Where have all the women gone? A film offers answers
Hindustan TimesThe brides, veiled and dressed nearly identically in red, have been swapped. Laapataa Ladies {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Set in 2001, the question of missing women remains relevant two decades later. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Kiran Rao’s jewel of a film is described mainly as a comedy. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Away from this male world of action, the brides are making their own journeys, gradually spreading their wings and discovering parts of themselves they have never known. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} But if it’s the women who rescue, it’s also the women who entrap.
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