: Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, the film is considered a modern Indian classic.
to discuss "screening precarity" and the persistence of caste-mandated poverty even in a neoliberal, modernizing India. Gender and Moral Guilt: index of masaan work
Masaan (meaning "crematorium") is set in a city where death is a industry. The film indexes the commodification of salvation, where Dom (cremation workers) charge for the burning of bodies. The film juxtaposes the burning ghats with the bustling life of the city, suggesting that in Varanasi, life and death are not opposites but neighbors. : Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, the film is