Sanya Malhotra Is Sublime in Arati Kadav’s Evocative Retelling

Malhotra has proved her mettle as an actor consistently over the past few years and this film is no different. The only issue perhaps is the aforementioned sanitisation. 

The Great Indian Kitchen is, in a way, a gritter film. Baby’s film is an eviscerating critique of patriarchy and the socio-religious context his characters exist in. In shifting the story from South India to Delhi, much of this conversation leaves the film. 

While not as complex as the original, the film isn’t completely surface level. In this conversation about labour, there are two other characters that exist in the periphery of this family’s existence. Their absence from the screen is not due to their role as secondary characters; that too is a result of systemic discrimination – caste discrimination to be specific.