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It went nowhere. Na, it went everywhere, that final act was significant. Shifting gender roles, shifting generational values, this new, metropolitan world is opening up to her, and it's both scary and exciting - how do the old ways respond, how does her family respond at the end. That's powerful.
Is it dated, perhaps, but I dislike playing that game and try to put myself in a frame of mind for whatever time the movie was produced, as well as when it was set - and examining gender roles as it pertains to work continued to find its way into other Indian directors films, Mrinal Sen's Ek Din Pratidin in 1979, for example. So, it's a subject that resonated years later.
Would I rank it ahead of the Apu Trilogy or Charulata, or The Music Room, no, but it's among his top 10.
Is it better than High and Low, different strokes - but I put the Big City ahead of it in my rankings, H&L came in 6th - though honestly, while listing is a lot of fun, it's also stuff and nonsense, whether it's 3rd or 6th, it, they're, both great, I like them both. (Edit - I look up how many films Letterboxd had listed for 1963... 3,222 - 3 and 6 out of 3,222 is pretty special I'd say)
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