Oscar nominations galore: One wonders why Roma wasn\'t made by an Indian

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Oscar nominations galore: One wonders why Roma wasn't made by an Indian

When a Mexican director makes a film like Roma, it's impossible not to feel exasperated that hardly any Indian director has depicted the absolutely pivotal relationship between a servant and a master

Amrit Dhillon 

While watching the magnificent Roma, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, the first thought that came to mind was ‘why hasn’t an Indian made this film?’ Is there any other society on earth that offers richer material on the subject of the dark dichotomies, the heavy sub-texts, and ambivalences of the servant-employer relationship? This moving, beautiful film with its sweeping blend of the larger forces of history as the backdrop against the domestic life of a family in Mexico City in the 1970s, is a contender for the Oscars.

The film is about Cleo, a young maid working for an ...

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First Published: Wed, January 23 2019. 15:07 IST