The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs

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The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs

2020

1h 38m

Drama

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A fiercely beautiful nomadic shepherdess named Laila catches the eye of a lustful young herdsman. The two marry, but she must fend off the advances of a local forest ranger and the chief of police in his home village.

Richard Kuipers

Variety

Folklore, feminism and film noir come together in Pushpendra Singh’s meticulously crafted fourth feature “The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs.”

Mar 1, 2022

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

The trouble is that while many of these bits and pieces are often fascinating, they never quite pull together into a truly compelling or satisfying narrative.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 12, 2022

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Devika Girish

Film Comment Magazine

The parallels to the Indian state's excesses are evident, but Singh doesn't belabor the point...

Dec 9, 2021

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Soham Gadre

Film Inquiry

Stringing together multiple sources and influences, Pushpendra Singhs The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs is a spellbinding dance between Kashmirs folkloric past and its tumultuous present.

Apr 3, 2022

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Q.V. Hough

Vague Visages

"Singh understands the power of suggestion and how a simple turn of the head can communicate what a character might struggle to articulate."

Mar 16, 2022

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Alex Saveliev

Film Threat

The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs feels like a fairy-tale that deals with all-too-real events. Yet Singh ensures that the plot never veers too far into either surrealism or realism.

Rated: 7/10

Mar 16, 2022

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A fiercely beautiful nomadic shepherdess named Laila catches the eye of a lustful young herdsman. The two marry, but she must fend off the advances of a local forest ranger and the chief of police in his home village.

Director: Pushpendra Singh
Producer: Sanjay Gulati, Pushpendra Singh, Gulab Singh Tanwar
Screenwriter: Pushpendra Singh
Production Co: Crawling Angel Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Runtime: 1h 38m