The Girlfriend: Reclaim Your Power, Girls
One line review of The Girlfriend: If shame is different for men and women - IT'S TIME TO EQUALIZE. First of all, I'd like to commend Rahul Ravindran: a man who made a movie from women's perspective. I think Chinmayi and her experience made an impact on him and that birthed this movie. If Chinmayi introduced Bell Hooks in an interview, Rahul introduced Virginia Woolf - both are feminist writers. 1. It's nice to see Rashmika Mandanna actually given the scope to perform after all the flower pot roles she essayed. What I liked most is the character progression of Bhooma Devi: though it made me impatient and I wanted to shake Bhoo into reality about Vikram, I understood that change isn't immediate. And the breaking point of being betrayed by two men she trusted... felt real - every woman would've felt that in life. 2. Protector and lover only until it serves them. This is something women have long known. Vikram says that it's not the way to behave at women (r...