Shravani Rajput

Qala a movie directed by Anvita Dutt is an artistic film containing breathtaking visuals that illustrates psychological themes. The 1940s movie centres on the complex relationship between a singer who is well-known in the film industry and her fastidious mother. The basic storyline of this powerful, engrossing, beautiful, and heartbreaking film blends together the present and how Qala, played by Tripti Dimri, achieves success in her career, the never-ending pursuit of the art form, its impairing effect on the person constantly seeking approval of her blood, and finally how decisions made in the past haunt and torment Qala despite having achieved everything she ever dreamed of.The songs composed by Amit Trivedi for the movie Qalq are an absolute feast for the ears; they never disrupt the storyline but rather emphasise and expand on the many dynamics between the characters. This becomes especially true of Babli Khan's character Jagan Batwal who is introduced with the song Nirbhav Nirbhay, It gave me goosebumps as if I was present at the moment this was taking place in a packed Auditorium. It was an absolute treat to the ears of how Amit Trivedi formulated this chanting tune with Shahid Mallya. It is a tragic situation, and, in Amit Trivedi and a string of top lyricists of our time — Amitabh Bhattacharya, Swanand Kirkire, Kausar Munir, and Varun Grover — Anvitaa has a team to give voice to the chaos and devastation in Qala’s mind. Together with cinematographer Siddharth Divan and production designer Meenal Agrawal, she carefully paints the distorted inner world of Qala. The constant combination of complementing colours, warmer interiors and chilly exteriors, subtle tints and grandiose glows add to the visual complexity and depth of the film. This also demonstrates the psychological factors at play. By this point, Qala has done a lot more than just a film in 2022. It shows filmmakers who say that films should only exist for “entertainment purposes' ' and not “educating” people. This film has shown that with a bit of nuance, a good story, and by leaving behind the good old preaching games, you can do both.