Goddess in the trap – Meenakshi Shedde (Mumbai)
DEVI, which Ray filmed after the Apu trilogy, is a family drama about the conflict between faith and reason. Ray fearlessly and critically tells a reversal of the Oedipus myth, in which a feudal landowner declares his beautiful daughter-in-law to be the incarnation of the Hindu goddess Kali and claims her for himself in the mode of worship.
Meenakshi Shedde is an independent film curator and critic from Mumbai.
Film: DEVI (The Goddess), India 1960, 94 min.