Evening Shadows
Solaris Pictures (2018)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
Not In Collection
#1448
7*
Seen ItYes
(4/30/2019 Netflix)
IMDB   7.3
102 mins India / Hindi
VoD 
Mona Ambegaonkar Vasudha
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Damodar
Devansh Doshi Kartik
Arpit Chaudhary Aman
Yamini Singh Sarita
Abhay Kulkarni Ramesh
Veena Nair Latha
Disha Thakur Neela
Kala Ramanathan Granny
Sushant Divgikar Sushant
Faredoon Dodo Bhujwala Shehzad
Director
Sridhar Rangayan
Producer Sridhar Rangayan
Saagar Gupta
Writer/Composer Sridhar Rangayan
Saagar Gupta
Cinematography Subhransu


While gay rights and marriage equality has been embraced by most countries, a small town in Southern India lives within a cocoon of traditions and social morality. In such a milieu when a young gay man Kartik, comes out to his mother Vasudha, her entire world comes crashing down. She has no one to turn to dispel her fears and doubts, to understand her loving son's truth. Moreover as a woman, trapped within a patriarchal conservative society, her biggest challenge is to deal with her dogmatic husband Damodar, and the conservative society around her. 'Evening Shadows' is a universal story about a mother-son bonding and its emotional strength to withstand the ravages of time and harsh realities.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
References
Streaming, VoD NetFlix
IMDb Voters <500
QueerGuru Rating 8

Notes
I particularly liked the insights into Indian culture and morale.