Tribhanga (film)

Tribhanga: Tedhi Medhi Crazy is a 2021 Indian trilingual family drama film written and directed by Renuka Shahane.

The film stars Kajol, Tanvi Azmi and Mithila Palkar, and revolves around a dysfunctional family of three women and their unconventional life choices.

The movie follows the journey of three generations of women who interact on a deep level and find out disturbing details of their past when the eldest of the three, Nayanthara (Nayan), falls into a coma and her daughter & granddaughter decide to contribute to her autobiography in making.

Milan and Masha visit Anuradha's childhood home and talk to Nayan's ex husband and his sister, who are both sorrowed by the departure of Anu and Robindro from their lives.

[9] Tribhanga is a dance pose in Odissi and its nature is said to represent that of the three leading women in the film, played by Azmi, Kajol and Palkar.

"[21] She was appreciative of the leads' performance, especially Kajol, saying that "... she folds in humour, strength, and empathy in every moment", and described Tanvi Azmi as "masterful".

"[22] Writing for The Hindu, Debasree Purkayastha found Azmi "holds your attention" and felt Palkar was "pleasantly present in the limited screen-time she has".

[23] Shilajit Mitra from The New Indian Express called Kajol the "best part" of Tribhanga, saying that "a typically impetuous actor letting it fly in her digital debut".

[26] The critic and author Bhawana Somaaya rated the film three and a half out of five stars, and took note of its "detailed writing, engaging narrative, pace and performances".

[27] Writing for The News Minute, Geetika Mantri gave the same rating and believed that the film "deserves praise for showcasing multidimensional women characters and the ways that they can support each other".

[3] Sumitra Nair of The Week noted the performances, finding Kajol to be "a tad over the top" and added that "her abrasiveness seems justified as the second half of the film unfolds".

[30] The critic also praised Azmi, who she described as "the real winner", however, she felt that Palkar was not "given enough screen time to bring out her acting chops".

"[31] Writing for Firstpost, the critic Anna M. M. Vetticad (who gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half-out-of-five stars) called it "an entertaining, thoughtful, well-acted female bonding flick, as unconventional as the three women whose stories it tells".

"[4] In a review published by Film Companion, Rahul Desai argued that Kajol "seems to still be stuck in big-screen mode, verbalising her character traits (feisty, unapologetic, aggressive) instead of internalizing them", and spoke of how the actress "mistakes sound for noise and conversation for dialogue, with her face often reacting to a background score rather than a person".

[33] Nandini Ramnath from Scroll.in opined that Shahane "plays the role of peacemaker and bridge-builder, forcing three divergent positions to point in the same direction".

[2] It further lauded Azmi for delivered "an amazing performance, so calm and mature, comfortable in her own skin", but criticized Kajol for being "foul-mouthed [and] temperamental" in the film's initial scenes.

[2] R. M. Vijayakar of India-West appreciated the latter, "Kajol is magnificent as the rude, blunt, expletive-spewing actress and dancer who is faced with the prospect of understanding her mother and herself.

[35] Sukanya Verma stated that the first fifteen minutes of the film were "devoted to Kajol cursing like a sailor", saying that she "snaps at anyone who dares come in her way.

She felt Kajol "can light up a scene as few stars do, with her zeal to enthral", but added, "[She] reveals both the tendencies and, since the drama is largely defined by her screen presence, the film ends up a peculiar mix of the brilliant and the banal.

"[39] Vinayak Chakravorty, who wrote a review for the Indo-Asian News Service, elaborated: "The film's intention is undoubtedly noble, but the execution is not without flaws.

"[40] Shefali Jha of International Business Times described Tribhanga as "a delightful film", and stated that it was "warm, fussy, emotional and most importantly, relatable".

"[41] Writing for the same website, Samarpita Das commended the film for "takes a special kind of talent to expose that religion, traditional values, are not the root cause for hatred but lack of attention towards the need of the child".

[42] The Pakistani newspaper Dawn's critic Mohammad Kamran commented, "The emotion and the sense of conviction the characters in this Netflix movie go though is hardly palpable.

Kajol received widespread praise from several critics for her performance