A film about working-class women in Mumbai that won the Grand Prix at Cannes was controversially deemed 'not Indian enough' to be submitted for the Oscars.
A film about working-class women in Mumbai, won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival this year. From left: actor Divya Prabha, director Payal Kapadia, and actors Chhaya Kadam and Kani Kusruti pose during the Cannes closing ceremony. where a middle-aged cook and a nurse, lit by the glare of streetlight, laugh and hurl rocks at a banner advertising a luxury development — the construction of which will raze the cook's home. Then the women bolt.
That cathartic protest — small in the face of the obstacle it must tackle — speaks to how this movie captures the mismatched odds between workers and the city they keep running. Directed by Payal Kapadia, the film raised hopes that India might finally have a serious contender for an Oscar in the best foreign film category. And it was indeed considered by the Indian committee that selects a film to be the country's submission to the Oscars. But the film was not selected, but the reason why generated much controversy: The judging committee felt that the film was not Indian enough. film taking place in India.' Perhaps he was referring to its broody light, the lingering shots, the story's gentle unfurling.'I'm at a loss on this,' says director Kapadia.'I don't know how we can define what is Indian and what is not, but the actors are Indian. The entire crew was Indian,' she says, except for one French citizen. And so was the story's subject matter. The film follows three women living in Mumbai. Parvaty is trying to save her home with the help of Prabha, a stoic nurse — who is like an older sister to her roommate Anu, who's always late paying the rent. Anu has fled small-town life to live in Mumbai, but even here, she's harshly judged because she's Hindu and has a Muslim boyfriend in a place that abhors mixed-faith romanc
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