Review by Alicia Haddick ★★★½
Berlinale 2022 #24
A big-budget Indian blockbuster screened as a Special Gala proved to be a surprisingly-engrossing biopic on the titular character and her growth from a young girl forced into prostitution to a leader that helped bring about the first laws legalizing the service in the country.
There’s an argument that in the purpose of transforming Gangubai into a #girlboss figure that some of the teeth of their story has been lost. Yet what’s the most impressive thing about the film is how it embraces this over-extravagant sincerity to thrive as a grandiose retelling of a tale that so rarely gets this sort of big-budget retelling. Great casting assists in this.
Even if aspects fall away when you think about it too much afterwards, in the moment it’s a spectacle that you can’t help but remain entranced with. I had a great time!
Edited by priya185 - 2 years ago
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