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Courage v/s. Burkha

Much can be said about this movie. I feel compelled to begin by talking about the film's end. Some people with whom I have had the chance to disc uss the film did not seem satisfied with the film's end. But I don't feel that way; I thought it was a realistic end in the sense that for so many women, irrespective of their background, transgression does not happen that easily... Its too long a struggle which has to be met with persistence. And I felt that's what the final sequence does - it takes the characters' struggle or oppression to a chaotic peak to shatter their expectations to overcome their oppressive circumstances or to fulfill their desires. Yet, these women are not down and out. The final conversation suggests that they haven't given up and they are still engaging with their problems; the optimism is latent, not explicit. The end leaves these characters and the audience in the middle of their struggle/rebellion. Besides, there is already a Queen or a...