Chhoti Moti Batein 2014

SWEET HOME

Directed by Sohini Dasgupta

Rita (Ananya Chatterjee) and Chhoti (Tannishtha Chatterjee) are two middle-aged, unmarried sisters who live in a housing complex with their father (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) and Lucy, a pet dog, their mother having died when they were children. The father and his daughters share a deep bond. The dog, Lucy, represents the child in the family, Rita’s very own. Their foursome togetherness is suddenly fractured when their father dies, later followed by the death of the dog, Lucy. The sisters cope with their personal traumas and try to carry on. But circumstances they have never been conditioned to face gets them trapped in a series of unpleasant situations which leave them shattered and weakened each time. Then, in their hurt and humiliation, Rita and Chhoti shut their door to the world and reject it. (Upperstall)