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Bulbbul was a start, but with Qala, Anvita Dutt pushes the envelope of female agency further

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Bulbbul was a start, but with Qala, Anvita Dutt pushes the envelope of female agency further

Suhani SinghMumbai,ISSUE DATE: Dec 12, 2022 | UPDATED: Dec 2, 2022 15:12 IST

A still from Qala

In Anvita Dutt’s second Netflix film, pursuing art is as much release as it is tragedy. With Qala, the writer-director-lyricist picks up where she left off. Like in Bulbbul (2020), the portraits she draws of her women are fascinating. Trapped in fabled settings, they are exploited by patriarchy, but still have the will to pursue their dream. “I don’t do it deliberately. It so happens that the slightly surreal, otherworldly setting pops up when I am writing. It is my default setting,” says Dutt. “I am trying to find the best possible way to communicate what I am feeling and sometimes it is best done through magic realism.”