Underplayed Gems

The Last Color (2019)

The Last Color poster
Directed by
Vikas Khanna
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A nine-year-old tightrope walker befriends a widow living in an Indian city where widows face harsh social restrictions. The girl promises to bring color back into the woman's life.

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What happens

The Last Color is an Indian feature film produced and directed by Indian American chef Vikas Khanna. The film addresses an age-old taboo surrounding widows in Vrindavan and in Varanasi. It deals with how a 9-year old tightrope walker befriends one such widow and promises to add color to her life. The film was adapted from Khanna's own book The Last Color published by Bloomsbury Publishing. Several students from Banaras Hindu University also worked as interns on this project. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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