Official Selection at #IFFM2015 : The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne,2015
Director: Raj Amit Kumar
Screenwriters: Raj Amit Kumar, Damon J. Taylor
Genre: Drama Thriller, Romance, Documentary
Runtime: 102 min
Rate: 7/10
Raj Amit Kumar’s feature debut is a bold thriller yet a well balanced endeavor to outline the intense dichotomy of the modern world confined within political, religious & sexual oppression.
Unfreedom is a borderline precarious exposition of the twin pillars in our contemporary times – female sexuality & male sadism revolving four central characters. The movie toggles between two distinct & most archetypical cities of economic and patriarchal control- New York (United States) & New Delhi (India) with a heads on focus on violence & sexuality via Muslims and LGBT identities.
The story unfolds with an interlocking narrative, one where in New York, Mohammed Husain (Bhanu Uday)-a fundamentalist Muslim arrives from Pakistan on a mission to kidnap and kill Fareed Rahmani (Victor Banerjee), a peaceful Muslim scholar whose moderate views Husain opposes. In New Delhi, Leela Singh (Preeti Gupta) a closeted homosexual girl runs away from her orthodox cop father- Devraj’s (Adil Hussain) home to escape the arrange marriage he is locking his daughter in. Leela seeks to kidnap and marry her bisexual lover and LGBT activist Sakhi Taylor (Bhavani Lee). Not only does Leela convince Sakhi to elope with her and eventually marry, her contest involves gun shooting & killing Sakhi’s current boyfriend signifying going beyond an undefined measure to remove any hurdle.
Meanwhile, extremist Husain has captivated Fareed to videotape him & prepares to hurt him hideously; Leela romantically possesses, spirits Sakhi away to a dessert where they marry & enrapt each other completely with mind and body; Husain sadistically tortures Fareed with brutal instruments.
Once Fareed is in Husain’s possession, the ordeal takes a spun in bloodbath to such a point that it boils your blood due to fury and angst; and at the same time the girl duo offer consensual sex symbolizing culmination of their marriage. It is only meant for the brave & liberal heart and hence a condensed version of the same could have been welcomed as some could find the extent of expression unwarranted.
However, in all this, Devraj epitomizes the bitter truth of the society we live in. He puts on to work all of his bureaucratic resources possible to get hold of Leela and Sakhi and when Leela doesn’t accept his offer of coming back to the old world and marry the boy of his choice, he goes to the extent of having the girls raped as a punishment of the defiance boldly offered to him.
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All the four characters go beyond their absolute limits to possess something that they believe will make them feel free. Both Fareed and Sakhi are admired for their boldness to stand up for what they want to prove is right, Leela and Husain offer the courage to achieve what they believe is theirs. And Devraj taints their venture because it is against the societal ties and fundamentals.
Unfreedom- A brutal battle of blemished reality. A state where beings wish their existence is void of mass extermination, intolerance & discrimination that govern the socio-economic stratum in the name of ‘identity’, further defining them as powerful & powerless.
“This stained blemished light,
This day shadowed by night,
This isn’t the dawn we had in sight
Manic heart, those wanting eyes
Pain of burning souls
There is no resolution, separation pierces hopes
Morning breeze where did it go
What is it that we live, do we even know
Heaviness sets deep in this
Our eyes cannot sight we are yet to take flight
Keep marching on, our freedom hasn’t arrived”
Do not miss the above climax as it encapsulates the essence of Kumar’s heroic portrayal of a human’s desire to subvert the paradigm and express lack of freedom; a brave cry to defend the cue that they believe could help them set free.
The movie has already received heavy critical acclaim; interestingly the tumult & umbrage garnered in a few countries over its existence is indeed validating its thesis.
Thumbs up to Kumar for its earnest & engaging content and a deft juxtaposition of struggle against deep rooted, violent prejudices and religious fundamentalism.
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