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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: Saand Ki Aankh - Movie Reviews With RJ Stutee
Description:
Saand ki Aankh literally translates to “bull’s eye”, and this comes naturally to Chandro and Prakashi Tomar. Having discovered their flair for shooting and hitting the bull’s eye well past their prime, these dupatta-clad grandmothers earned themselves the sobriquet of “shooter daadis”!
Debutant director Tushar Hiranandani’s film Saand ki Aankh draws inspiration from their lives.
The film begins in the year 1999. It’s in the Johri village of Bagpat that we first meet the spirited women.
In hushed tones and shared moments of joy they somehow manage to create a safe zone in the mine...