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#PicksAndPiques #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews Film: #JhiniBiniChadariya (#TheBrittleThread) @everyone #SohoHouse #HardhyaanFilms #VedaFilmFactory Cast: #MuzaffarKhan, #SivanSpector, #MeghaMathur, #SyedIqbalAhmed, #RoopaChaurasiya, #UtkarshSrivastava, #NishantKumar #ShwetaNagar Writer/Director: #RiteshSharma Rating: * * * 1/ 2 Runtime: 97 mins

Ritesh Sharma's debut feature ‘The Brittle Thread’ brilliantly captures the acute loneliness of a riot victim, a Muslim, living in Varanasi, the hotbed of Hindu-Muslim conflict following the Babri Masid Demolition. The ongoing years following that dastardly incident have only vitiated the atmosphere further. The festering wounds of distrust and cumulative hate have set the city prided for its spiritualism aflame. Innocents, both Hindu and Muslim have fallen victim to inhumanity being unleashed, masked as parochialism, toxic patriarchy, and fake sentiment-driven Islamophobia. Sharma’s narrative lens basically observes the fate of a couple of individuals - Shahdab, a traditional Muslim saree weaver, and Rani, a street dancer caring for her deaf daughter, who live out their stories of tragedy, despair and hope amidst subversive and oppressing right-wing nationalism. The intimacy and connection between disparate humans are brought out beautifully through realistic portrayals and evocative use of light, shadow, and color. The violence, though suggestive, is hard-hitting, and the drama, though unfolding from an unemotional distance, is lacerating. Mob justice, minority oppression, and the predatory male gaze take crippling hits in this depiction. This is definitely a not-to-be-missed experience!