World cinema is very serious about the craft, says Geetanjali Kulkarni

2,833 views · Published 12 April 2015 · 3:35 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Loksatta · 2015 · Entertainment

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Court the film, which has received glowing reviews in publications all across the world, is a courtroom drama that has been praised for its realism and attention to detail. Focusing on the trial of an ageing folk singer who has been arrested for abetting a sewerage worker’s suicide through his supposedly inflammatory songs, Court puts the Indian judicial system under a microscope. By observing not only the proceedings of the case, but also the lives of all the players involved, it paints a picture of a rapidly-changing India at odds with its diversity and history.

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