Shadowbox

family drama, where she is fighting everyday against the world trying to save her family breaking down into pieces. It's a brilliant character driven story that very well emphasizes the loneliness and isolation of its characters. The film takes a sensitive, lowKey approach to the theme of mental illness, told from the point of care giver. Maya approaches each challenging day with the stoicism of a woman who is painfully aware that her family’s survival rests on her shoulders. Even though she faces several challenges, she never backs down. She is a hard worker, sturdy, focused and efficient, she moves at twice the speed of the men in the household. Every morning on cycle she delivers the ironed clothes that she worked through the night before. It shows her will and constant dedication to thrive and provide a better future for her family, you will see encouraging her son in dance rehearsals and studies. She does not want the same hopeless life for him. But life is never that easy. When the crisis occurs tillotama's character is stretched to her limits and torn between whether to move on in life or to fight for his husband. Either her life shattered to bits and the way she has projected her anger, pain and suffering here is so damn powerful. Its an intimate portrayal of hope, survival, love, and living through the weight of family expectations.