Film: Article 15
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kumud Mishra, Manoj Pahwa, Sayani Gupta, Isha Talwar
Here are excerpts from reviews of Article 15:
Saibal Chatterjee, ndtv.com“A compelling, corrosive police procedural that lays bare the harsh reality of caste and gender oppression in the sticks of Uttar Pradesh, Anubhav Sinha’s Article 15 punches us in the face with the force and precision of a heavyweight pugilist’s fist... It remains true to the demands of the plot without losing control over its principal purpose - administering a bitter pill with just a hint of a sugar coating. It works wonderfully well. Article 15 is a not to be missed film.”Anna Vetticad, firstpost.com“Before persecution complexes kick in, let this be said: Anubhav Sinha spares no one in Article 15, not Hindutvavaadi politicians, not Dalit netas who use the community to rise in politics and then treat them with disdain, not the media who were up in arms against the 2012 Delhi bus gangrape but are rarely as stirred by the atrocities on women of the hinterland, not cowards who wear a mask of “neutrality” as a means of self-preservation, not members of marginalised groups who become fierce proponents of the marginalisers’ agenda once they themselves are in positions of power, not even Gandhi...Watching this film is an overwhelming emotional experience. Article 15 is the best that Indian cinema can be in these troubled times if it chooses to hold a mirror up to our society, compelling us to confront the worst that we are and the best that we can be when we are not busy saving our own skins.”A few other film writers, journalists and critics tweeted their reactions after the press screening of Article 15: