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Relationships are complicated and oftentimes fraught with human frailty, flaws, wounds, resentments, and regrets. Family dynamics further heighten this sense of pain that we inflict on each other despite the ties that bind us and love that we wish would endure it all. Exploring all the dysfunctionality of love and even more so of a complicated family dynamic is Shlok Sharma’s film Two Sisters And A Husband. The 104 minute film featuring Avani Rai, Manya Grover, Dinker Sharma, Himanshu Kohli and Ashutosh Pathak will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June at New York and is India’s official entry for the International Narrative Competition section at the festival.
According to the synopsis on the festival’s official website, Two Sisters And A Husband is a “riveting and restrained drama, set in the 1990s against the majestic backdrop of the Himalayas. All that the carefree Amrita (Grover) wants is a life together with Rajat, played by Dinker, with whom she’s in a secret relationship. Even after Rajat is steered into marrying Amrita’s introspective older sister, Tara (Avani), the younger sibling’s love remains undimmed. But when Amrita becomes pregnant by her new brother-in-law, the trio is forced to flee to a mountain town, where Rajat becomes the manager of a hotel owned by the last heir of a royal family, Bhed Singh (Himanshu). Tara slips into melancholy, while Amrita passes her due date yet shows no readiness to give birth.”
As messy and twisted as the premise of the film that explores the dingy tale of a family gone wrong is, it’s interesting to see the way the characters and their relationships unfold; how love and the bond between the two sisters strain through this journey that is, at best, complicated and messy.
Co-written with his longtime collaborator and writer Shilpa Srivastava, the Mumbai-based filmmaker believes, “The audience, by large, is becoming more and more receptive to newer and unheard-of ideas on celluloid. The kind of stories that inspire and excite me are mostly from around me and the society I have seen and witnessed. I wanted to bring that out. I will continue to tell these stories and showcase characters that connect with me on an emotional level, without holding any judgments.”
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