Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal - Extremist Yet Moderate Take On Gender Inequality

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Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal Movie Review

Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal starts with a mid-aged women ‘Vibha’ who booked a cab which has three other women ‘Shagun’ a constable, ’Chitra’  a martial arts trainer and ‘Shaila’ the owner of that very cab service. Because of heavy traffic, they decide to booze and eat something at roadside theka(bar). When Shagun share a daunting story happened in her police station then they pestered by a man at theka. This had triggered them to do something that would bring the fear of rape in men as well. They pick ‘Manish’ a man who was passing comment on them on the highway. The three ladies decide to make a video of harassing and raping the man. 

 

 

Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal Honest Opinion

 

Reading the synopsis Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal looks like a slanting comment on gender discussion but its character had managed to form the equilibrium. All four women had already transcended their gender barriers they were doing things which most men are entitled to do like Shaila a Muslim girl who owns a taxi service only for women with women driver, Chitra who is a martial arts instructor, Chitra a women constable who didn’t shy away from bending the trivial laws, Vibha an excessive smoker who works at social media specialist, but that fear of getting rape is still in them just like an asthma patient has fear of attack every time before having ice-cream. They want men to have that same fear back in there mind. In order to bolster their conviction to cross the bounds of the law. Their characters had some really horrific past stories. They kidnapped Manish. There was a shift in the narrative as well as in the visual aspect of the film. Start from handheld tracking shots and long takes are now becoming small takes with medium and close up shots. The character of Manish was so evil that we get convinced that what is happening with him is right. His character progression was the soul of the narrative. Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal is an extremist yet moderate take on gender inequality.