Horrifically real and visceral: Shinali TC

Sometimes you hear headlines of two people in love end up doing bizzare things for each other, and you very easily conclude, that it isn't sane, not "normal". Aamis is a dive into exactly that, the definition of "normal": in life, in love, your choices and in the society. Set in Assam, the film delves not into love for food (read: meat) but the unquenchable hunger for it. More than a commentary on the food habits of the North eastern part of the country which is hardly Indian enough, Aamis (which means anything that isn't vegetarian) is the story of acceptance. A world where love that unbridles itself of societal norms is still a bigger sin that any human folly could be, Aamis is a sullen reminder that love in a civilised society is a luxury, a fantasy not the best of people can afford.
It's how director Bhaskar Hazarika lets an apparently outlandish and bizzare plot to be woven so seamlessly into a social fabric, that makes it so horrifically real and visceral. The use of sounds and the background music elevates the screenplay to newer dimensions.
Aamis is this great piece of regional cinema, which reaffirms your belief as to how far behind is national cinema staggering in terms of ideas and content. -Shinali.

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