‘Mother Teresa and I’ Fails to Deliver an Immersive Experience
Published Date – Sunday, 7 May 23 at 12:15pm
Movie: mother teresa and me
throw: Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz, Banita Sandhu, Deepti Naval, Heer Kaur, Shobu Kapoor
director: Kamal Musale
It’s about two women’s journeys ending in Calcutta with parallel narratives in different timelines. It’s about their passion to achieve the goals they explore. It’s about life. journey. One journey is that of Mother Teresa in India and the other is about Kavita, a young British woman of Indian descent.
The story takes place in pre-independence India, during the Long Knife Week in Kolkata. You have a nun (Jacqueline Fritsch-Kornaz) looking for food for 300 starving girls in her convent. She knew she wasn’t supposed to be in the riot, it wasn’t safe for her, but duty was there. A Muslim tried to kill her. A Hindu kills the man who tried to kill the nun. The police arrived and drove the Hindus away. A police officer told the nun she couldn’t be outside.
She told officers her name was Teresa, Mother Teresa, and she would not return until food was ready for the convent children. Fast forward to now. You have Kavita (Banita Sandhu), who grew up in London playing the violin in a theater troupe, and she gets into an accident on the way home. She was told she was pregnant. The child’s father, Paul (Jack Gordon), is not man enough to accept the child. Kavita’s parents searched for a match for her in their community.
Annoyed by the proceedings, Kavita traveled to Kolkata and approached her mother’s friend, Deepti Naval, to take some time off. Thanks to Deepali, Kavita visited Nirmal Hriday and started seeing life with new eyes. The rest of the story parallels the mother’s struggles in Calcutta and Kavita’s journey of self-discovery. It would be unfair to reveal more.
The narrative is a juxtaposition of the mother’s and Kahuita’s stories and struggles. Jacqueline has done a fantastic job writing for mothers. Banita Sandhu brings out the best in her as a conflicted young woman. It was refreshing to see Deepti Naval on screen, and as usual, she left an impact. The downside of the 122-minute narrative is that it fails to carry the dense tone of the premise. Despite the struggles of both women, one fails to see how the stories are connected.
Director Kamal Musale could have done wonders, but for reasons he is best known for, he fails to deliver a masterpiece. Watch it for something new and different. Watch it to appreciate life.
