Maya (digvijay Singh, 2001)

A pre-teen stands in front of a locked door, from behind which blood-curdling screams emerge; he is pounding on the door, shouting, “Let me in!” A grown-up assures him that the one screaming is not at all being hurt, and he is physically punished for the fuss he is making. Thus begins Maya , a superlative Hindi film in which this initial scene is either the boy’s nightmarish premonition or a real event to which the film will return in due course. What is happening behind the door? Officially it...

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