Devi Short Film Review: Kajol, Neha Dhupia And Shruti Haasan's Film Will Send Chills Down Your Spine
Devi is a tale of sisterhood, suffering and truth. The powerful short film will shake your core within a few minutes with the bitter truth about society that worships goddesses
Cast:
Kajol,
Shruti
Haasan,
Neha
Dhupia,
Neena
Kulkarni,
Mukta
Barve,
Shivani
Raghuvanshi,
Yashaswini
Dayama,
Sandhya
Mhatre,
and
Rama
Joshi.
Language:
Hindi/
English
Duration:
13
minutes
Story:
Devi
is
a
tale
of
sisterhood,
suffering
and
truth.
The
powerful
short
film,
directed
by
Priyanka
Banerjee,
will
shake
your
core
within
a
few
minutes
with
the
bitter
truth
about
society
that
worships
goddesses
and
how
they
treat
their
women.
Review:
Devi
follows
several
women
living
in
a
short
living
space,
complaining
about
more
visitors
who
will
be
forced
to
live
with
them.
While
at
first,
it
comes
as
a
natural
reaction
from
these
women,
the
reason
behind
the
increase
in
number
of
visitors
will
soon
make
you
uncomfortable.
The
short
film,
directed
by
Priyanka
Banerjee,
talks
about
various
things
including
the
elephant
in
the
room.
As
women's
day
is
around
the
corner,
the
director
has
tried
to
raise
a
voice
for
women
safety,
in
terms
of
mind
and
body,
then
just
celebrating
the
women
around
you.
We
get
to
see
women
from
different
aspects
of
life-
illiterate,
educated,
women
who
have
suffered
from
child
marriage,
mental
trauma,
rich,
poor,
etc.,
but
they
all
have
one
thing
in
common,
they
were
victims
of
rape.
The
story
becomes
clearer
when
the
doorbell
rings
and
they
have
to
accept
another
visitor.
Every
time
someone
is
about
to
enter
the
room,
the
TV
plays
a
piece
of
news
about
the
incident
and
a
mind-numbing
ringing
plays
in
the
background,
indicating
the
happening
of
the
unforgivable
act.
Questions
emerge
in
everyone's
mind,
who
and
how
many
to
let
in,
everyone
one
begins
to
describe
their
story,
their
rapists
and
how
they
were
killed.
No
matter
the
way
it
is
done,
the
violence
is
undeniably
horrendous.
And
it
gets
harder
to
watch
by
the
end
as
Kajol
opens
the
door
and
a
small
girl
walks
in.
Priyanka's
vision
comes
through
easily
with
a
chilling
experience
because
of
the
dialogues,
talented
actors
and
cinematography.
The
short
film,
within
a
few
minutes,
addresses
several
issues
including
rape,
the
mental
trauma
that
follows,
consent,
marital
rape,
involvement
of
alcohol,
women
wearing
shorter
clothes,
child
marriage
and
more.
The
worst
part
of
it
all,
the
women
in
the
short
film
have
already
accepted
their
fate,
because
the
culprits
are
dead,
but
they
have
also
accepted
that
more
and
more
women
will
walk
through
that
door
every
few
minutes.