{"id":4422,"date":"2016-05-09T19:19:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T13:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2016-05-09T19:19:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T13:49:15","slug":"gone-kesh-review-a-bold-subject-cut-short-by-a-receding-storyline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=4422","title":{"rendered":"Gone Kesh Review: A Bold Subject Cut Short by a Receding Storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

O<\/span>ur idea of female beauty is so archaic as to border on the quaint: The vision of a thick, long mane of black hair is preserved almost like a national treasure, a fervid fandom that exalts it to an aspirational repute. The length of your hair is a measure of your worth, your attractiveness, your <\/p>sanskar<\/span><\/a>. And no excuses \u2013 genes, medical issues, or even agency \u2013 are acceptable. For an Indian woman, there are few decisions as couched in shame and worry as shaving your head. Female baldness, unlike male baldness, doesn\u2019t invite sympathy \u2013 it\u2019s a marker of inadequacy.<\/span>\n\nIt\u2019s this narrative that debutante director Qassim Kallow attempts to dissect in <\/span>Gone Kesh<\/span><\/i>. The film\u2019s lead Enakshi Dasgupta (Shweta Tripathi) suffers from alopecia, an incurable medical condition because of which her hair continuously falls out in round patches, gradually rendering her <\/span>bald<\/span><\/a>. As a voiceover informs us that Enakshi discovers the consequences of living with this condition when she\u2019s 15, swiftly becoming the subject of jokes at <\/span>school<\/span><\/a>. By the time she\u2019s 25, she is completely bald, leading her and her helpless small-town parents, Anup (Vipin Sharma) and Deboshree (Deepika Amin) to take refuge in wigs. <\/span>\n\nAs is the case with measuring the gravity of every obstacle that women face by how it affects their marriageability, even Enakshi\u2019s parents are terrified by the prospect of their daughter being exiled from the <\/span>marriage<\/span><\/a> market. Staying true to script, an arranged marriage meeting with a set of prospective in-laws is unsubtly called off the minute Enakshi takes off her wig to reveal her plate. It isn\u2019t the only predictable turn that the film takes, ending up presenting a rather straightforward interpretation of Enakshi\u2019s diminishing self-worth that barely scratches the surface. <\/span>\n\nOver the course of two hours, <\/span>Gone Kesh\u2019s<\/span><\/i> underdog journey feels like it was lifted from a boilerplate and then force-fitted to a condition. Even its distinct touches \u2013 supportive <\/span>parents<\/span><\/a>, a well-mannered admirer \u2013 feel designed to only confirm our perception of how our society will always balk at the idea of a bald woman. <\/span>\n

Over the course of two hours, Gone Kesh\u2019s underdog journey feels like it was lifted from a boilerplate and then force-fitted to a condition.<\/blockquote>\nThere\u2019s a compelling thread in the film that touches upon hair clinics, their unrealistic promises, and the incessant amount of money that countless women and families spend to live up to a certain standard of beauty. But even that is addressed briefly, without the movie taking a stance. <\/span>\n\nEven the admiration that the movie merits for taking up a less discussed subject and acknowledging the pressure that women face if they don\u2019t meet the beauty stereotypes feels dishonest because Tripathi does not shave her head for her character but instead uses <\/span>prosthetics<\/span><\/a>. It\u2019s a kind of Bollywood-bred double standard, not very different than bronzing a fair actor\u2019s face to have them essay the emotional turmoil of a dark-skinned person.<\/span>\n\nGone Kesh<\/span><\/i> follows in the footsteps of socially relevant films like <\/span>Hichki<\/span><\/i> and<\/span> My Name is Khan<\/span><\/i> that exploit a <\/span>medical condition<\/span><\/a> to drive home an underdog tearjerker, a trend undoubtedly intensified by the universal appeal of <\/span>Taare Zameen Par<\/span><\/i>. Yet very few movies manage to do justice to the condition itself, instead of relying on it as an easy plot device \u2013 a balance <\/span>Shubh Mangal Savdhan <\/span><\/i>seemed to effectively manage. But <\/span>Gone Kesh<\/span><\/i> isn\u2019t one of those films, offering solid proof of how its filmmaker uses his \u201cgood intentions\u201d as a substitute for good filmmaking.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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