Anatomy of Violence
2016 film
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Anatomy of Violence is a Canadian drama film which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] Directed by Toronto-based filmmaker Deepa Mehta,[2] the film explores the root causes leading up to the 2012 Delhi gang rape incident.[3][4]
Directed byDeepa Mehta
Produced byDavid Hamilton
Starring
- Jagjeet Sandhu
- Vansh Bhardwaj
- Suman jha
- Tia Bhatia
- Janki Bisht
- Seema Biswas
CinematographyMaithili Venkataraman
| Anatomy of Violence | |
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| Directed by | Deepa Mehta |
| Produced by | David Hamilton |
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| Cinematography | Maithili Venkataraman |
Production company | Hamilton Mehta Productions |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | Hindi |
The film's script was created by a group of actors including Vansh Bhardwaj, Tia Bhatia, Janki Bisht and Seema Biswas, through improvisational exercises based on the relatively few snippets of known information about the perpetrators of the attack.[5] Mehta chose to pursue a significant departure from her usual filmmaking style, in part because of the uncharacteristically poor reviews that greeted her previous film Beeba Boys.[5]
Plot
Cast
- Vansh Bhardwaj
- Janki Bisht
- Mukti Ravi Das
- Ramanjit Kaur
- Jagjeet Sandhu
- Tia Bhatia
- Seema Biswas
- Suman Jha
- Mahesh Saini
- Zorawar Shukla
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2016 | Toronto International Film Festival | First Premiere | Nominated | [7] |
| 2017 | Human Rights Film Festival | Gender-based violence in India | Nominated | [8] |
Reception
- Mehta's documentary approach eventually catches up with actual broadcast material, but not enough to excuse the irresponsible use of point-and-shoot cameras that flattens the film's narrative and visual richness.[9][10]
- Formally and philosophically, Anatomy of Violence is the biggest gamble of Mehta's career since it foresees uncharted territory for cinema. Is it a docudrama, mockumentary, hybrid, or true crime film? All of these and none of them make up the anatomy of violence. It's Mehta-fiction, to be precise.[11]
