Points of discussion

• The pro-union, socialist stance of this movie in how the workers formed a committee to bring constructive changes to the community.
• How it was accused during its time of bringing a communist angle to the classic Gandhian fable.
• All characters are treated with the utmost empathy except for the Bhrahmin sarpanch, not even bothering to give him a name.
• The dream sequence really captures Chhakari's playful spirit and his idea of how a…

POINTS OF DISCUSSION
• The film has some classic western elements, including the opening shot and background music. Many of the shots are also inspired from various films.
• The shot of Shoshanna running away framed by the door is an homage to the film Searchers(1956).
• Beethoven’s Fur Elise is used to herald the arrival of the Nazis. This is an interesting juxtaposition of German art, paralleled by Dr. King in Django Unchained (2012) asking Calvin Candie to stop…

Masaan is about people wanting to get out of a circular trap they’re stuck circling in. Be it a city that is unkind to them, oppressive social structures that oppress them, the loneliness of the human condition or the cycles of life and death itself, Deepak and Devi find themselves in the uncomfortable embrace of hopelessness again and again.
The quote in the beginning of the film summarises the difference between life and death; the initial integration of five elements…