Photograph
(India/Germany/USA, 110 min.)
Written and directed by Ritesh Batra
Starring: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra
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Ritesh Batra is quietly becoming a master of the understated
love story. After the crowd-pleasingly brilliant The Lunchbox and the poignantly stirring Our Souls at Night, Batra delivers another bittersweet two-hander
with Photograph. The film brings
Batra back to Mumbai after a few western indies—besides Our Souls at Night, Batra directed the forgettable adaptation of
Julian Barnes’ regrettable Booker Prize winner The Sense of an Ending—and one might call it a return to his roots. Photograph
is another romantic two-hander and Batra reclaims the magic of The Lunchbox as the love story draws
upon the divides of class, religion, and gender that give
the love story a deeper sting.