DIFF Viewing Room | Turup
Theatre & Arts
April 15 | 4:21PM - April 28 | 3 PM
Online
Free
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DIFF Viewing Room | Turup
Theatre & Arts
April 15 | 4:21PM - April 28 | 3 PM
Online
Free
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Dharamshala International Film Festival brings to you the DIFF Viewing Room, a specially curated selection of DIFF alumni films available for online streaming, all for free. So wherever you are, whether you are social distancing, self-isolating or in quarantine, stay well and spend some quality time with these amazing films.
About the movie
India • 2017 • 72 mins • Dir. Ektara Collective • Drama
Set in Bhopal’s Chakki Chouraha neighbourhood—where the male-dominated pastime of choice is chess—Turup explores themes of gender, communalism, casteism and oppression. The film introduces three women whose lives are inextricably linked—Lata, Monika and Neelima. Lata is a young Dalit sweeper, Monika an elderly household help and Neelima—Monika’s employer—a middle-aged former journalist. The three share a common experience of struggling to retain their sense of self in the face of loneliness and isolation. Into the narrative walks Majid, a young Muslim man, who joins in the local chess matches but is perceived by the neighbourhood men as a threat—besides winning at chess, he might also win over ‘their’ women. Worse still, Majid becomes romantically involved with Lata, who is of neither his religion nor his caste…
DIFF Viewing Room | Turup
Theatre & Arts
April 15 | 4:21PM - April 28 | 3 PM
Online
Free
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Free
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!