"The whole film is interspersed with similar signifiers, constantly reinforcing how unnatural it is for woman to be powerful, whatever power means in the films context. The whole film is beautiful, but in a way that bogs are beautiful— beneath it all it stinks. In all the history of horror as a genre, real life seeps into narratives willingly or unwillingly. And I think Bulbbul tried to willingly present as a Feminist icon but the rEaL world seeped in. It truly shows how flattened our understanding of feminism is in liberal mainstream narratives from South Asia specifically, and how we keep pushing out the nuances from what constitutes as true self-actualization and coming into power. These aren’t the only questions tho, once you start questioning the feminist narrative."