2016 · drama · mental-health · nature
Kaasav
Directed by Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar2h 10m2016
Janaki, a divorcee trying to find meaning of life in a sea-turtle conservation project run by the conservationist Dattabhau in a coastal village, accidentally meets an young man. Janaki, with her empathy for the young man, Manav, tries to create a non-judgmental, non-intrusive, warm atmosphere to help him bloom. Janaki herself, her driver-assistant Yadu, conservationist Dattabhau, servant Bablya and street-kid Parshu - none of them not related to each other - become the vulnerable young Manav's support system.
Our read: Kaasav (2016) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, grounded drama · mental-health · nature entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / mental-health, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- intimate
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