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      Vara: A Blessing

      2013 1 hr. 36 min. Drama List
      Reviews Lila and her mother struggle to make ends meet. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member 3 stars for effort. I have watched this movie twice at the TriBeCa Film Festival. I really wanted to like it, but I suppose it fell very short of my high expectations. I liked this Director's 1st movie, The Cup, the best among his three movies. The location was fabulous, as was Shahana Goswami's performance in this movie, limited as this movie seemed to be. For some reason, I could not fathom why when the setting seemed to be in the south of India, yet, most of the references were from Northern India and from Bengal, rather than the South, which has a very distinct culture as well as cuisine and language. They have almost nothing in common with the North! Sigh! The camera work in certain scenes, or quite often, came across as amateurish, it was rather confusing, as some scenes, the camera was neither focused on the hands, nor on the face, so it added some frustration to watching the scenes play out! And sadly, I was bored, and 90 minutes just seemed too long. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Rania Richardson The Villager Spiritual devotion ripens into carnal passion for a young temple dancer in VARA: A BLESSING. Rated: 3/4 Dec 7, 2018 Full Review Casey Cipriani Movie Mezzanine A visually stunning exploration of the cross between spiritual devotion and bodily temptation that incorporates a hypnotic use of traditional Indian dance and music. Rated: B+ May 1, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Lila and her mother struggle to make ends meet.
      Director
      Khyentse Norbu
      Executive Producer
      Elizabeth Cuthrell, Suresh Jindal, Jeremy Thomas, David Urrutia
      Screenwriter
      Khyentse Norbu
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 29, 2016
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