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Evening Shadows (2018)

Evening Shadows poster
Directed by
Sridhar Rangayan
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother struggles to accept her son coming out in a conservative Indian family. The film follows their journey of understanding and reconciliation.

emotionalwarmrawheartfeltquietly intenseintimatethought-provoking

What happens

Evening Shadows is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sridhar Rangayan. The film stars Mona Ambegaonkar, Ananth Narayan Mahadevan, Devansh Doshi, Arpit Chaudhary, Yamini Singh, Abhay Kulkarni, Veena Nair, Kala Ramnathan, Disha Thakur, Sushant Divgikar and Faredoon Bhujwala. It was produced under the banner of Solaris Pictures with screenplay written by Rangayan and Saagar Gupta, and dialogues by Gupta. It has won 25 international Awards and has become a success in international film festival circuit with selection in 75 international film festivals. The film had a limited theatrical release in India beginning 11 January 2019. It was released in PVR Cinemas in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Nagpur. The film received critical reviews with an average of 3 rating out of 5, with reviewers mentioning the film to be "a vivid portrayal of a coming out story that's as warm as it is raw and complex" and "this one deserves to be watched and supported for its context and space". As of late 2021 the movie is NO LONGER streaming on Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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