Burqa (Aha Tamil)
07/Apr/2023

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The Forbidden Conversation

Buqa through its crisp runtime has many important and open questions for the conservatives. The film in many instances reminds you of Sarjun�s popular short film, Lakshmi. The film does not end the way a typical viewer would expect because Burqa is not your happily ever after. The film is a trigger ...(more)

Source: Meera Chithirapavai, MovieCrow

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A sincere take on repression and humanity

Burqa is a film that not just creates room for a discussion on progressiveness and liberation, but also reflects on the hard-hitting reality of how it is not easy to change or rather accept change. In fact, films like Burqa, The Great Indian Kitchen, and Pagglait explore the truth of how internalise...(more)

Source: Chandini, CinemaExpress.com

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Sarjun KM's 'Burqa', on aha, is a solid, deliberately theatrical (and gorgeously shot) debate on an Islamic practice

Why is Soorya so angry on Najma's behalf? Because he knows, to an extent, what she is going through � because his mother, too, was suppressed by society for a reason. Society decided the fate of these two women. I did not care for the "opening up" of a few scenes that take place outside this house, ...(more)

Source: Galatta, galatta.com