Actor-producer Anushka Sharma reviewed the recently released Qala streaming on Netflix. She added a note of appreciation for the actor Tripti Dimri who is a part of the project. The film is backed by Anushka’s brother Clean Slate Filmz, it features Tripti Dimri, Swastika Mukherjee and Babil Khan in the leading roles.
In a long post, Anushka penned down, “A daughter’s heartbreaking yearning for her mother’s love. Qala is a work of art. It’s heartbreaking and exhilarating equally. Exhilarating because of the genius of each department that comes through in telling this detailed story and heartbreaking for portraying emotional abuse by an emotionally unstable parent in a way that had never been done before by a film. @Qala streaming now on @netflix_in.”
She further made a special mention to director Anvita Dutt, Tripti and her brother. “UFF!! Your storytelling is so true and original, and you telling it like a poet, like a painting! You have detailed this film so excellently! @tripti_dimri WOW! You are one of the most talented actors of this generation! Your maturity as an actor and innocence as an artist is so rare. @kans26 BRAVO! For always backing the best content truthfully and raising the bar each time,” she added.
Qala is a psychological drama which is based on the life of a young and aspiring singer who is haunted by her past in the pursuit to win her mother’s validation and approval. The film featured Anushka in a cameo appearance. She coincidentally also produced Anvita’s debut as a director in Bulbbul (2020) which also featured Tripti in the lead role.
A review by the Hindustan Times read, “Tripti Dimri is in fine form but her character is frustratingly one-note and delivered mostly in the same anxious wavelength. Swastika Mukherjee, clad in those gorgeous silver jewelry, plays Urmila with force and power, but her character is given little to no scope to reveal the change of heart that occurs later in the film, leaving behind too many questions unanswered. As Jagan, Babil Khan gives a haunting debut turn, unusually charming yet also underutilized in the film’s treatment overall. His introduction scene alone is one for the ages.”
