Ranjan Ghosh is no stranger to wading into uncharted waters. His most recent film — “Ahaa Re” (2019) — spins a daring love story between a Muslim top chef and Hindu home caterer, describing a cross-cultural and cross-class love for food. Ghosh’s tendency to break boundaries is not new, however. In “Colours of Money” (2017), his second feature, Ghosh curates an anthology of four shorts about India’s poor. Released in the midst the demonetization crisis in 2016 (and subsequently attracted attention for it), Ghosh’s earlier work captures a refreshingly intimate outlook of society’s margins.
The shorts are themed, paralleling the different colors of the Indian rupee. In the first story, “Red – Love,” a poor tribal couple seeking a divorce — and surprisingly, remarriage — from a profiteering clerk (Kharaj Mukherjee). Arunima Ghosh stars again in “Blue – Separation,” only this time clad in fine jewelry and luxurious fabrics. After hearing the news of her wealthy,...
The shorts are themed, paralleling the different colors of the Indian rupee. In the first story, “Red – Love,” a poor tribal couple seeking a divorce — and surprisingly, remarriage — from a profiteering clerk (Kharaj Mukherjee). Arunima Ghosh stars again in “Blue – Separation,” only this time clad in fine jewelry and luxurious fabrics. After hearing the news of her wealthy,...
- 5/31/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
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