Underplayed Gems

Saankal (2017)

Saankal poster
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How it feels

A film about a young woman in rural India who is forced into an unwanted marriage. It shows the difficult choices she has to make and the social pressures around her.

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What happens

Saankal (transl. Shackle) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language drama and social problem film written and directed by Dedipya Joshii. The film stars Chetan Sharma, Tanima Bhattacharya, Harish Kumar, Jagat Singh, Samarth Shandilya and Milind Gunaji. It focuses on the impact of forced marriage traditions prevalent within rural Indian communities. The film was released in August 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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