'AHALYA'- Short thriller by Sujoy Ghosh - Page 2

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Posted: 9 years ago
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Hmmm, this is interesting! 😎
Soumitra makes his "creations" using his young wife as bait. Any man that comes ringing the door bell, if he falls in the trap of her seduction, turns to stone and becomes Soumitra's latest creation!

The stone is like a touchstone/parashpathar, used to test the sanctity of the person holding it.
If the man succumbs to temptation, then he turns to stone.
Kind of an allegorical story!

Waiting eagerly for Sujoy's next full-fledged thriller!
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Wow! Turned into a doll
How original? Haven't seen anything more unpredictable like this before in my life... except a dozen times I guess 😲


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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: ibelieveinpink

I think in the myth Ahalya is turned into stone for knowing/being seduce ot raped by Indra (read this on Wiki) so in this adaptation it curses the one that is doing the seducing. The officer could have left the room, but no he came back despite knowing she's married and it's forbidden. But I guess didn't know. So it's like a test and the cop didn't pass. I guess it's a more feminisit interpretation where the woman isn't always at fault. But then there were those small moments where the cop could misinterpret her youthfulness as seduction--like when her feet touches him, or her hands touch his when she gives him chai.

I like the ending. It's left open ended, sort of vague but still interesting to see it's a continuous cycle with them.


But then not everyone has heard of Gautam and Ahalya's story
Without any explanation this ends up looking like something one would read in Goosebumps
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Posted: 9 years ago
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^ I found the story interesting!
Nice take on Ahalya Story!

Looking forward to Sujoy Ghosh's next.. full fledged thriller!
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