The actors match her step for step, bringing a lived-in feel to their characters. Perhaps saying more would be giving away spoilers but this is a film which puts a lot of weight on subtext. Priyanka Banerjee’s nuanced portrayal of sisterhood and resilience works on so many levels, beginning with the ironical title. Should she be let in? Is there space enough for everyone in the room? Who gets the precedence and based on what? Devi’s conclusion will shake you up it is as much a comment on our society as on us. The room is their sanctuary, or maybe a purgatory of sorts? A newcomer, urgently ringing the bell as if she is desperate to find her own nook in this sanctuary leads to a heated discussion. You just know they are not leaving this room despite all the fights. Their religion, language, class, thoughts and beliefs are widely different but still this incongruent group does more than just stick together - there is something binding them. Sandhya Mhatre, Neena Kulkarni and Rama Joshi – a trio of Maharashtrian maushis - keep up their conversation Neha Dhupia, who seems like a 30-something executive, is lost in thought Shruti Haasan is a glam diva who sparingly speaks Shivani Raghuvanshi’s student studies like her life depends on it while Mukta Barve’s burka-clad character is waxing her legs.

The news gives the room a pause, but only for a moment. She gets the channel right finally as the news of yet another rape is announced “it has shaken the conscience of a nation”, announces the anchor. Yashaswini Dayama, clearly the youngest in the room and speech impaired, is fiddling with a remote of a box TV, the reception is what it is. A homemaker Jyoti ( Kajol) who seems to be praying for the ones she is surrounded by, the lines of worry etched on her face.

A closed-room drama, it pulls us in directly as we see a disparate group of women sitting in a room together. Devi is the story of the victims the women who became statistics.įor a film the length of which is 13 minutes, Devi is surprisingly effective and impactful. Priyadarshini Mattoo’s father fought for justice for 17 years. Hetal Parekh was just 14 when she was raped and killed. Aruna Shaunbag spent 40 years in a vegetative state after she was sodomised and strangled.

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