However, Chatterjee’s microscopic examination of the film—it’s almost as if she’s placed it on an analyst’s couch—throws up some fascinating insights into this essentially rather dark film that turns around the nature vs nurture debate. Chatterjee’s book not only looks at this film in isolation (text, subtext et al) but also situates it in the socio-political-historical context in which it was made. More importantly, she discusses the film in the light of popular Indian cinema, and cinema at large.