Story, Synopsis, Trivia, Dialogues for Maya Darpan (1972)
The Story is about Kumar Sahahani employs highly innovative forms for depicting the conflict between oppressive feuda norms and a changing industrial landscape while making female sexuality and its complex mindscape the focus. The hero Taran the younger daughter of a Rajasthani Zamindar against the social code set by the class system by a sexual encounter with an engineer.
A highly individualistic film it tells of the evolution of a young womans awareness of the rooted link between her estranged condition at hom and the turmoil outside. Her acceptance of old which represents her father who is dependent on her and that of the new forces of building a relationship with a young architect and her breaking away from the forces around her form the high points of the story. Check out this page for more updates on Maya Darpan.
