The part I missed most--and I realize this is my issue as a viewer, because it wasn't necessary for the film as it was constructed--was how he had gotten the job as the tea wallah and how he was living at that point, because he had made a "step up" (if you will) already just by doing that.
As a female viewer, I noted that the girl was literally there only as a prize. She had no agency. While I realize that she was in circumstances that allowed her very little agency, and that it was his story, she was still more or less a pretty cipher.
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The part I missed most--and I realize this is my issue as a viewer, because it wasn't necessary for the film as it was constructed--was how he had gotten the job as the tea wallah and how he was living at that point, because he had made a "step up" (if you will) already just by doing that.
As a female viewer, I noted that the girl was literally there only as a prize. She had no agency. While I realize that she was in circumstances that allowed her very little agency, and that it was his story, she was still more or less a pretty cipher.
Out of curiosity, have you seen The Wire?