Sister Midnight Review: Offbeat Black Comedy Highlights the Modern Indian Woman

SISTER MIDNIGHT Starring Radhika Apte, Directed by Karan Kandhari | Opening in NY NEXT WEEK on 5/16, in LA on 5/23

Written and Directed by Karan Kandhari Starring Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam, Smita Tambe In SISTER MIDNIGHT, the audacious debut feature from London based Indian artist and filmmaker Karan Kandhari, rebellious small-town misfit Uma (acclaimed Indian actress Radhika Apte) arrives in Mumbai to find herself totally unsuited to life as a housewife. At odds … The post SISTER MIDNIGHT Starring Radhika Apte, Directed by Karan Kandhari | Op…

Sister Midnight Review: Offbeat Black Comedy Highlights the Modern Indian Woman

Recent times have been a boon for films by or about Indian women. On top of Cannes Grand Prix winner All We Imagine As Light, 2024 also saw the premiere or release of Suchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls, Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, and Kiran Rao’s controversial Best International Feature pick Laapataa Ladies. Into that mix comes Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight, an offbeat black comedy partly about the difficulty of being a modern Indian woman.  The …