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The ancient Indian myth of Radha and Krishna embodies pure, ultimate love. This film evokes a lovers relationship in a totally new perspective. Radhika is pregnant but not by her husband. She has to convey this news to him, but how? The film is structured very creatively as a dramatic spectrum of Radhika’s imagination of the possible emotional reactions of her husband – from anger and fits to indolence and understanding. The source of the images in her mind lies in her fears, her doubts and hesitation. Given as a Kammerspiel drama of the two, the narrative is structured as a psychological exercise elaborating on various situations that might occur in a marriage. Done in a quite calm and simple cinematic style, this digitally shot movie – one of the first in India – introduces some novelties to Indian cinema: infidelity as a subject that is discussed in such a bold, direct way and structured as a minimalist psychological drama. The use of a hand-held camera resulting in a raw but also very natural quality of the visuals was at the time very new for India and the film was appreciated by both young audiences and film professionals. Special credit for the success of this film goes to the two amazingly good performers who manage to keep the spectator’s attention till the very end. (RS)