A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
Amy Maghera
- Joanna Mendes 'Jo'
- (as Amrit Maghera)
Sarah Jane Dias
- Frieda D'silva
- (as Sarah-Jane Dias)
Anuj Choudhry
- The Neighbour
- (as Anuj Choudhary)
Swapnil Salkar
- Doctor
- (as Dr. Swapnil Salkar)
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Angry Indian Goddesses (2015) is an Indian movie co-written and directed by Pan Nalin. In my summary, I wrote "actually two movies." By that I meant that the first three-quarters of the film is a happy "buddy movie" among six intelligent, capable women. Each of them encounters misogyny and sexism in their day-to-day lives. They deal with this negative aspect of their lives in different ways, but none of them can avoid having to deal with it.
One of the women has returned to her home in Goa, the former Portuguese colony. She invites her friends to join her for her wedding. For the next hour-and-a-half the women sing together, dance together, talk together, and sometimes argue. There's a serious conflict between two of them. One is a local activist trying to stop the ecological destruction caused by a factory. The factory is being built by a company whose CEO is another one of the guests. So, it's not all love and laughter, but mostly that's what it is.
After the "first movie" has run its course, the "second movie" begins. This is a serious, terrible part of the film. In retrospect we might have seen it coming, but I didn't expect it. The film takes on a serious documentary-type aspect, and ends with an extremely dramatic scene. You may like or dislike the last half-hour of the film, but you won't forget it.
The actors in this film were all excellent. They played well in ensemble. Also, they are all extremely beautiful. It struck me as unlikely that all the friends would be so attractive. However, that's the decision director Nalin made. Nalin is male. I don't know if a female director would have made the same choice.
The movie will work best on the large screen, because you'll have a better feel for the scenic beauty of the Goan location. However, even if you have to watch it on the small screen, I'd still recommend it.
We saw the film at Rochester's excellent Little Theatre, as part of the outstanding ImageOut LGBT Film Festival. I suggest you seek it out and see it. It's not perfect, but it's still a great movie.
One of the women has returned to her home in Goa, the former Portuguese colony. She invites her friends to join her for her wedding. For the next hour-and-a-half the women sing together, dance together, talk together, and sometimes argue. There's a serious conflict between two of them. One is a local activist trying to stop the ecological destruction caused by a factory. The factory is being built by a company whose CEO is another one of the guests. So, it's not all love and laughter, but mostly that's what it is.
After the "first movie" has run its course, the "second movie" begins. This is a serious, terrible part of the film. In retrospect we might have seen it coming, but I didn't expect it. The film takes on a serious documentary-type aspect, and ends with an extremely dramatic scene. You may like or dislike the last half-hour of the film, but you won't forget it.
The actors in this film were all excellent. They played well in ensemble. Also, they are all extremely beautiful. It struck me as unlikely that all the friends would be so attractive. However, that's the decision director Nalin made. Nalin is male. I don't know if a female director would have made the same choice.
The movie will work best on the large screen, because you'll have a better feel for the scenic beauty of the Goan location. However, even if you have to watch it on the small screen, I'd still recommend it.
We saw the film at Rochester's excellent Little Theatre, as part of the outstanding ImageOut LGBT Film Festival. I suggest you seek it out and see it. It's not perfect, but it's still a great movie.
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Did you know
- TriviaAbout 500 girls applied, about 200 girls were auditioned and finally Seven of them were cast in and as ANGRY INDIAN GODDESSES.
- GoofsAt one point, the women talk about homosexuality. They use the term 'Article 377', which is a common mistake of most of us. Later, towards the end of the movie, when a police inspector mentions this topic, he uses the correct term 'Section 377'.
While the general public thinks it is Article 377 (which refers to the Constitution), the authorities know it is Section 377 (which refers to the Indian Penal Code).
- SoundtracksKattey
Composer/Producer: Ram Sampath
Composition: Traditional composition
Additional parts produced & composed by Ram Sampath
Singers: Bhanwari Devi & Harshdeep Kaur (as Hard Kaur)
Label: Coke Studio@MTV Season 3
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $286,919
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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