There's a screening of Pankaj Rishi Kumar's new film at Majlis

Details below

PUNCHES and PONYTAILS (82 min. DV)

May 12, 6.30

Majlis Cultural Centre, Kalina

RSVP needed - majlisculture@gmail.com

SYNOPSIS

The film is a journey into the sweet science of boxing being practiced by two Indian women. the film unfolds with them as they wrestle with their day to day existence of being a boxer and the conflicts that surround them. While one of the boxers is comprehending and dealing with her own sexuality, the other struggles with the limitations of her own body and the need to prove that she too can box like her brother. Using cinema verite style and shot over a period of two and half years the film articualtes the boxers concerns and shares experiences and ideas about their future.