An Indian short fiction film currently doing the rounds of festivals and winning accolades across the world isn’t interested in entertaining its audience. Not in the least. Shobhita Thakur’s Khilawadi has a clear purpose. It does not deviate from it.   

Centred on women of an oppressed, exploited caste, Khilawadi speaks to our collective outrage at the plight of all women who are deprived of the right to their bodies.