
IndianfilmscentredonmarkedlyMuslimcharactersarerare,andthosethatdon'temploythesecharactersprimarilyasobjectsofviolenceandsocialinjusticearerarer.InWhichColour?,atender,trailblazingnewworkfromShahrukhkhanChavada,Muslimbodiesexistinanexistentialautonomy,untouchedbydramaticaggressionandcapableofaccessingawholerangeofhumanexperience. WhichColour?depictsthequotidianlifeofanextendedworking-classfamilyinaMuslimquarterontheoutskirtsofAhmedabadonwhatturnsouttobeahistoricday.Weseeawomanwakingupearlytodohouseholdchores,herhusbandtryingtoprocurefundstobuyanauto-rickshaw,andtheirchildrenplayinggender-segregatedgames.Publicspacescomealivewithshriekingmiddle-schoolers,amotherfoldsclotheswithadaughterwhohasmadeitoutoftheghetto,agirlsleepsoverathergrandparents'place–routinesthatbecomeelectrifyingexpressionsofcommunallife. Chavada'sself-aware,theatricalframingblendsfictionandreality,asdoestheuseofnon-professionalactorsinlong,intimateshots.Withtransfixingpassagesofdeadtimeandnon-narrativedigressions,hecreatesspaceforhischaracterstobreathefreely,tojustbe.QuietlyinheritingthepowersofCharlesBurnett'sKillerofSheep(1978),WhichColour?presentsanIndiathatwehaveneverseenbefore. 源自:https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/which-colour