1984 · drama · social
Saaransh
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt2h 17m1984
A retired school teacher and his wife come to terms with life after the death of their only son in a mugging incident on the streets of New York.
Our read: Saaransh (1984) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · social entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / social, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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