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Handover

2011 · 73 min

A quiet, heavy social drama that leaves you sitting with discomfort long after it ends.

Directed by
Saurabh Kumar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vikas Kumar, Prabhat Raghunandan, Auroshikha Dey
Overview
An impoverished Dalit couple from rural India hits the headlines when it is exposed that they have sold their child. The couple acquires national infamy. An embarrassed minister deputes a local government officer to investigate the case. Despite a painful truth, the child is restored to her mother, and the accused is jailed for illegal trafficking. But that is not really the solution. The aftermath is the failure of humanity.

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Directed by
Saurabh Kumar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vikas Kumar, Prabhat Raghunandan, Auroshikha Dey
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • politics
    • family
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness8
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight9

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Saurabh Kumar
    Starring
    Vikas Kumar, Prabhat Raghunandan, Auroshikha Dey, Nutan Sinha, Master Akash
    Runtime
    73 min
    Country
    India
    Languages
    Hindi

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