Healing in the Himalayas

SUBHADRA MAHAJAN’S B&W FEATURE—SECOND CHANCE—IS FINALLY HITTING INDIAN THEATRES

- -Devarsi Ghosh

Battling the trauma of an illicit abortion, a woman retreats into the cold white of her Himalayan hometown in Subhadra Mahajan's poetic feature debut Second Chance.

It has been doing the rounds of festi-vals since last year. Starring newcomers and non-actors, and shot entirely in black and white, Mahajan’s microbudget film is having an unlikely the-atrical release across India on June 13.

“It was a dream that this could be seen in theatres,” says Mahajan. “Something like this could be released in European countries perhaps, but Second Chance getting an Indian theatrical release is all because of distributor Shiladitya Bora.”