Maya Darpan (movie)
- User score: 6.4
- Production country: India
- Producer: Kumar Shahani
- Production companies: Film Finance Corporation, National Film Development Corporation of India
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 8/2/1973
- Run time: 107 min.
Movie description
In his debut feature film, Kumar Shahani employs highly innovative forms for depicting the conflict between oppressive feudal norms and a changing industrial landscape while making female sexuality and its complex mindscape the focus. The protagonist, Taran, the younger daughter of a Rajasthani zamindar revolts against the social code set by the class system by a sexual encounter with an engineer. This film was one of the earlier and successful examples experimentation in colour during the advent of New Indian cinema.
