India’s Lakshmi Devy has come up with a film which features her in the lead and talks about rape and the emotional abuse involved in toxic relationships, titled When The Music Changes. While the film’s subject is quite uncommon, Dr Devy’s profile is equally uncommon. She is a doctor who turned to acting and soon took up writing as well as direction.
An Indian-American artist born in New York who has also acted in a few Tamil and Malayalam films, first turned writer with the Tamil movie, Masala Padam, in 2015. Before When The Music Changes, Dr Devy had directed the short film Daro Mat. With nearly 3 million views on Youtube, the short film is not just critically acclaimed but also loved by fans. Born into a family full of doctors and engineers, Dr Devy has worked in south Indian films for more than a decade now.
The actor-filmmaker says the idea behind When The Music Changes came from a toxic relationship she has had. Adding that it is not biographical in nature, she says, “I think everyone around us has experienced sexual assault, in varying degrees, at some point in our lives. So after talking to people around me, I realized it is a common atrocity we face, but it is also equally common to stay mum about it. So, I decided to talk about it in detail, and in all rawness.”
When The Music Changes traces the journey of a girl who is in an abusive relationship. However, her partner mostly abuses her emotionally, not physically, making it difficult for her to accept that it is abuse. How an incident shakes her core, makes her think about the relationship and finally take a call regarding her self-respect is what forms the entire narrative. The film seeks to make a strong statement by depicting the fact that it is not the woman but the man who loses his honor and respect because of this malicious and vicious act.
Asked if India is ready to accommodate films like When The Music Changes, Dr Devy that filmmakers need not really wait for commercial viability at theaters anymore. She says the digital platforms have offered all the freedom filmmakers needed t0o showcase the content as they want. Devy hopes for a theatrical release of her film in India, soon.
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