2003 · drama · romance
Chameli
Directed by Sudhir Mishra1h 48m2003
Lamington Road on Bombay's Western Railway is the nearest railway station that takes one to Kamathipura, notorious for it's red-light, in particular, and a crime-prone area in general.
Our read: Chameli (2003) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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