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Chauranga
Critic reviews and ratings
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...is gripping and sometimes churns your insides. It's unapologetic and startling as you realize that situations like these do 'flourish' in the hinterlands of our country.
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...honest, provocative and piercing.
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With a brilliant theme, a narrative structure that flows, and social relevance that hooks the viewer, Chauranga makes for a powerful watch.
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This is not an easy watch, but definitely an important one.
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...is a lot more muted and quiet in its rage. But the thread of protest runs through it nonetheless...
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If you willing to watch this sensible cinematic experience, ‘Chauranga’ is definitely a good pick!
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A pure festival film in treatment and manner of storytelling, it scores for allowing the audience join the dots and doesn't care to simplify or sanitize the proceedings for universal appeal.
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This is an encouraging debut by director writer-director Bikas Ranjan Mishra, who doesn’t shy away from portraying India’s worst side. And then, he adds hope.
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What lets down Chauranga is its story, which starts and ends at the same point.
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...is neither provocative nor skillful in its portrayal.
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Had the performances been stronger, the accents more convincing, and the ideas more novel, Chauranga might have achieved something...
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...a throwback to parallel cinema.
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...makes all the right noises about the dangers of a patriarchal society, sexual depravity among the religious class, and the need for education. But the film unfolds at such a languid pace, and its narrative is so disjointed you really have to fight yourself to stay invested in the story.
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At best, Chauranga comes across as a typical art-house, festival film in its observation of rural Bihar and its grossly unfair social dynamics.
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The trouble with ‘Chauranga’, despite its crucial subject, is that treads familiar ground without taking the tale too far.
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...is so low-key that it comes across as an unfeeling drama even though the screen is, at all times, busy with multiple pressing concerns.
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