Critics reviews

Tora’s Husband is at its sparkling, endearing best when Das channels her indubitable talent and unerring eye for the more intimate, ferreting out a scattering of exquisitely shot (by Das herself) and gorgeously heartfelt moments from the textures of the mundane. When Das trusts the film to unfold in a more relaxed, unhurried, and lowkey fashion, it’s impossible not to feel the rush of love and warmth she has for her characters, embracing them in all their flaws and failings.

What ultimately stops Tora’s Husband from being a compelling movie is that it’s unwieldy in the hands of a filmmaker whose style is conducive to simple, smaller work—it’s a voluminous movie that lacks mass.

Das’s approach is observational, with a documentary-style sense of life unfolding rather than engineered drama. It’s slow-burning but, in its unassuming way, compelling.