A Death in the Gunj

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Simanta S 07/05/2024 This is not worth watching. You can highest make a short film based on this little story. However the making was fabulous. See more Rohan R 12/22/2023 A fabulous movie with a stellar cast and great performances. See more 09/27/2020 A Death in the Gunj is a very well made and beautifully directed movie which really hits you close to heart and stop and think about how every person is different and faces their own turmoils within. This movie absolutely made me a better person and more compassionate towards others. The movie in itself is quite disturbing and emotional but does give the viewer a fresh perspective about a lot of things. See more 07/18/2020 Absolute waste of time. Very slow movie with hardly any story. Unnecessary confusion created in ending. The acting is good but the movie is not worth watching at all. The main issue is that you do not relate to the family culture, it happens in 1979 and that too in Bihar and this family is portrayed as extremely liberal even by today's standards. The whole family drinks and smokes together, even in front of their child. The cousin sister openly flirts and fornicates with her brothers married friend in front of everyone and no one seems to mind. Seriously, is this even possible in Bihar in today's time, let alone in 1979? See more 07/18/2020 A movie with an old world charm but devoid of a story line. Very slow paced movie only apt for a lazy afternoon watch. The acting is good but then the story leads nowhere and the climax is nonsensical and has been deliberately made vague just for effects so that people talk about it. Long story short, an otherwise studious boy is facing trauma due to his father's death and thereby fails in his exams. Filled with guilt, shame and sadness he ditches his ailing mother to go for a trip to with his cousins, where he soon realizes that he is a loser and a misfit and thereby tries to commit suicide. Whether he dies or he accidentally kills someone is left to the viewers imagination. See more 06/06/2020 The more you can relate to the protagonist, Shutu, an introverted, sensitive Indian man on a downward spiral, the more the movie will affect you. Vikrant Massey's rendition of Shutu is masterful. It is among the films and artistic ventures that shows how groups can target an individual, even though subtly at times and without consciously meaning to. Of course there are other factors undermining Shutu's mental health but what he is really against is a brand of macho masculinity which is held up as a model for this sensitive soul. The film deals with bullying, mental health issues (depression/grief) albeit subtly and within a social frame. There are flaws in this film in that we don't see the other characters developed that well but then the director seems to want to portray the superficiality of interaction that can happen even within a family context where an individual's pain is not recognized. The film is taunt, which is good. Much is said about the fact that the film is a period piece, set in the 1970s, and this lends it atmosphere, but for me it is a timeless portrait of the "othering" dynamic in groups. See more Read all reviews

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