Tribhangha: Tedhi Medhi Crazy

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Film: Tribhangha: Tedhi Medhi Crazy

Genre: Family Drama

Cast: Kajol, Mithila Palkar, Tanvi Azmi, Kunal Roy Kapoor, Vaibhav Tatwawadi

Director: Renuka Shahane

Streaming Platform: Netflix

We will not know the meaning of Tribhangha until the middle of the story. It is a posture used in classical Odissi dance form since protagonist Anuradha (Kajol) is a dancer. We wondered in the beginning why choose Kajol who is definitely not known for her dancing skills. Cleverly the makers have not made her to dance. We were curious for one more reason because it was written and directed by Renuka Shahane.

Nayantara (Azmi) a well-known writer is in comatose after a brain stroke. Her estranged daughter (Kajol) and son (Vaibhav), and granddaughter (Palkar) were forced to be present in the hospital along with Milan (Kapoor) who is writing an autobiography on Nayantara.

It is a tale of three women of different generations and their choices. The relationships are complicated. Or do we make it complicated? It is about imperfect mothers. Contrary to societal belief mothers need not be perfect. They are humans too. Their decisions, choices are often questioned. Sometimes their decisions may leave scar on the psyche of children. It is our belief that most of the time mothers have their kids' best interest at heart.

A beautiful heart-warming film 

Anxious People

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Book: Anxious People

Author: Fredrik Backman

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Language: Language

“They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that we’re more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows.”

This is a story about a bridge and idiots and a hostage drama and an apartment viewing. But it is a love story. Several in fact.

This is my second book of Fredrik Backman, first was "A man called Ove." It is not simple to describe what this book about. It is exactly what the first sentence says. The writing technique was different. The firs half was eccentric, hilarious and had me in splits.