In 'Soni', Two Women Fiercely Emerge From the Long Shadows of Patriarchy:

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netflix film soni: review:

In 'Soni', Two Women Fiercely Emerge From the Long Shadows of Patriarchy:

Much of the drama in the Netflix film lies in its mundane moments, elevating it from the simplistic morass of heroes and villains.

Ivan Ayr’s Soni, a new Netflix film, revolves around a young Delhi cop, Soni (Geetika Vidya Ohlyan), battling a unique predicament: of being a saviour and a survivor. She and her supervisor, Kalpana (Saloni Batra), a superintendent of police, are planning an operation that will make Delhi safe for women. But the city’s men, who first see Soni as a single woman and then as a police personnel (if at all), repeatedly invade her personal space and harass her.
Soni, in response, retaliates: she slaps, punches and socks their jaws – resulting in a police inquiry and transfer.
But Soni, we soon find out, is a much quieter film. When Soni returns home from a rough night shift, she waters her plants, lights an agarbatti and washes her face. We follow her from one room to another – the camera filming the scene in one long take – seeing a person, devoid of labels, getting on with her day. It then cuts to Kalpana, who is questioned by her mother-in-law for coming late and her commitment to the family. She deflects that with a gentle smile as the family sits for breakfast.

Much of the drama in Soni lies in these mundane moments, elevating it from the simplistic morass of heroes and villains. The perpetrators roam around the city, cat calling and abusing and smirking. Soni and Kalpana, aware of them, know how to put them in place. But what should they do about their own people – a seemingly progressive bunch flinging insinuations and taunts – whose worldviews are similarly disconcerting?

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Well worth a watch , especially by men !