1992 · viridiana · charity · drama
Banoo
1992
With his vision and the blessings of his Dadi Ma, Deepak Rai (Faraz Khan), son of a London based NRI Kuldaap Rai (Dalip Tahil) and Koshi (Beena), visits India and falls in love with Radha, a flower girl.
Our read: Banoo (1992) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded viridiana · charity · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured viridiana / charity, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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How Banoo feels to watch.
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