Phew, the film touched me on many levels.
The first half was hard to bear as Rani Mukerji was very 'emotional', maybe a little bit over it.
Unfortunately, the focus here was more on the theatricality than on the essentials.
Thus, the viewer learns almost nothing about the Norwegian 'culture' of raising children.
As a mother, it is difficult to understand why it should not be okay for a child to sleep in the parents' bed or why it should be bad that children from Indian homes get a khola.
Also, it was not even illuminated that the husband was violent towards his wife - the viewer learns this at the very edge.
Many questions remained unanswered for me.
The second half of the film - back in India - offered a very different Rani.
Still fighting for her children, but less theatrical.
Then I would like to find it frightening how cultural differences have been dealt with in Europe.
Our society can only grow through diversity.
The first half was hard to bear as Rani Mukerji was very 'emotional', maybe a little bit over it.
Unfortunately, the focus here was more on the theatricality than on the essentials.
Thus, the viewer learns almost nothing about the Norwegian 'culture' of raising children.
As a mother, it is difficult to understand why it should not be okay for a child to sleep in the parents' bed or why it should be bad that children from Indian homes get a khola.
Also, it was not even illuminated that the husband was violent towards his wife - the viewer learns this at the very edge.
Many questions remained unanswered for me.
The second half of the film - back in India - offered a very different Rani.
Still fighting for her children, but less theatrical.
Then I would like to find it frightening how cultural differences have been dealt with in Europe.
Our society can only grow through diversity.