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Where to watch kumbalangi nights3/9/2023 ![]() Her ‘absent presence’ is used to explain much of the compulsions and behaviour of her sons. ![]() In a film, that runs for over two hours, she appears for a few seconds in the beginning and a few minutes towards the end. In contrast to the well-written and nuanced male characters, the women get surprisingly short shrift. Her ‘absent presence’ is used to explain much of the compulsions and behaviour of her sons-the film’s protagonists-but her own motivations remain unexplained. We hear plenty about her, but never from her. The weight of the absent mother hangs heavy in Madhu C Narayanan’s directorial debut Kumbalangi Nights.
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