Spoilers ahead…
‘Death in the Gunj’ already showed us what a superb director Konkona is, and ‘The Mirror’ made me lust for more from her. The way she captures mood and wispy atmosphere is exquisite.
What is lust? A casual Google search led me to this definition: “to have an intense desire or need: to crave, specifically : to have a sexual urge”. In other words, it is less about having sex, more about the craving to have sex. Only Konkona Sen Sharma’s delightfully pervy episode in Lust Stories 2 captures this sense of the forbidden. It’s called The Mirror, and it shows us a mirror. What are we – the audience – if not watchers, voyeurs? We see things happening on a screen, big or small, and get our kicks. Here, the “screen” is a literal mirror, and the reflection is that of a couple having sex. To extend the movie-metaphor further, they are the “actors” and the “audience” is someone else. Tillotama Shome and Amruta Subhash play the two women – house owner and domestic help – whose lives get intertwined. They are stunning, as is the film.
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