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The Ultimate Woman
8.0
/10
238 Ratings

Synopsis

The story of a rich and apparently happily-married woman who meets a young photo-journalist and indulges in an affair with him.

Our take

Through the story of an upper-class Bengali family, Paroma poignantly questions the deep-seated patriarchal attitudes that reduce a woman’s identity to “mere” housewife. Rakhee Gulzar gives a moving performance as a woman on a journey toward self-actualisation in this compelling feminist film.