“Why do you always scold me like a teacher?” asks the husband, defeated.
“This is the voice of a frustrated woman,” replies the wife brusquely.
In Sister Midnight, it’s clear that Uma (Radhika Apte) and Gopal (Ashok Pathak) love each other. An extraordinarily chaotic couple, they embody German philosopher Martin Heidegger’s concept of ‘thrownness.’ This idea suggests that humans are ‘thrown’ into the world with no say in their existence and must now make sense of it. Uma and Gopal are similarly thrown into the bowels of Mumbai with distinct ideas of life: he, measured and controlled; she, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake.
It’s not the conventional Indian arranged marriage where the wife initially sucks it up before gradually finding a way in the world. Uma is honest about not knowing how to do life but with a facade of wisdom. “Uma is Mumbai,” Apte tells me from London, joined by director Karan Kandhari over Zoom. “Her journey is the journey of Mumbai—once beautiful and innocent, now overrun by people, chaos and expectations. Like Mumbai, Uma carries on until she loses sense of who she is.”
Not knowing how to do life in a city like Mumbai can be daunting. Even more so when you are married and living amid a strip of shacks close to the sea, your shoebox of a home held together not by urban privilege but by rusted tarpaulin sheets collapsing into each other. For debut director Kandhari, the goal was not to magnify the stultifying geographical space but the lives inside it. “This is how people are so I hoped to just capture it,” he says, explaining that Indian films reflecting the plight of the economically disadvantaged often fail to see them beyond their financial status—as people who can be just as unhinged, neurotic and complicated as anyone else.
Source link
iQOO Neo 10 (Titanium Chrome, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage) | Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Processor & SuperComputing Chip Q1 | 7000 mAh Battery | Segment’s Highest 144 FPS Gaming Smartphone
₹33,999.00 (as of July 6, 2025 22:36 GMT +05:30 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
SanDisk Ultra 64GB microSDXC UHS-I, 140MB/s R, Memory Card, 10 Y Warranty, for Smartphones
₹579.00 (as of July 6, 2025 22:35 GMT +05:30 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
Ambrane Mobile Holding Tabletop Stand, 0-135 Perfect View, Height Adjustment, Wide Compatibility, Multipurpose, Anti-Skid Design (Twistand, Black)
₹199.00 (as of July 6, 2025 22:35 GMT +05:30 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
Samsung Original 25W Type-C Travel Adaptor Without Cable, Black
₹999.00 (as of July 6, 2025 22:35 GMT +05:30 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
EDNITA Suction Phone Case, Phone Suction Sticker, Silicone Suction Phone Case for Hands-Free Mobile Accessory Holder Grip, Video Phone Accessory Compatible Mirror, Shower-Black (Pack of-1)
₹149.00 (as of July 6, 2025 22:36 GMT +05:30 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
iQOO Z10x 5G (Ultramarine, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage) | 6500 mAh Large Capacity Battery | Dimensity 7300 Processor | Military-Grade Durability
₹16,499.00 (as of July 6, 2025 22:36 GMT +05:30 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
Ambrane Unbreakable 3A Fast Charging 1.5m Braided Type C Cable for Smartphones, Tablets & other Type C devices, 480Mbps Data Sync, Quick Charge 3.0 (RCT15A, Black)
₹169.00 (as of July 6, 2025 22:35 GMT +05:30 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
Lava Bold N1 Pro (Titanium Gold, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB Storage)| Bigger 6.67" HD+ IP54 Display | 120 Hz Refresh Rate | 50 MP AI Triple Rear Camera | 8 MP Front Camera| 5000 mAh Battery | Charger in Box
₹6,798.00 (as of July 6, 2025 22:36 GMT +05:30 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)
Apple 20W USB-C Power Adapter (for iPhone, iPad & AirPods)
₹1,589.00 (as of July 6, 2025 22:35 GMT +05:30 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)