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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Entertainment
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

How a film about women’s ‘invisible’ labour in marriage sparked a debate in India

A Hindi-language film that explores the complexities of marriage and patriarchal traditions that exploit women's labour has sparked a debate in India.

Mrs, starring actor Sanya Malhotra, traces the journey of a newlywed woman in her husband's house, where her life seems to be limited to the domestic drudgery of fulfilling the needs of the men in the family through cooking food in the traditional method, cleaning the household, or being forced to endure bad sex at night.

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