Comedy, Drama  •  2014  •  104 min

Ankhon Dekhi (2014)

Ankhon Dekhi poster

Ankhon Dekhi (2014)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Hinduism: Negative

Viewer Rating
7.5

Overview

Bauji resists his daughter's request to let her marry the man she loves as the neighbours incessantly shame him. However, his opinion changes after he meets him and he decides to change his viewpoint.


Starring Cast

Sanjay Mishra  •   Seema Pahwa  •   Rajat Kapoor

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's central narrative explores an individual's philosophical quest for personal truth and empirical verification, rather than promoting or critiquing any specific political ideology or societal structure. Its focus on individual epistemology and the nature of reality positions it as apolitical.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The movie features a diverse cast appropriate for its Indian cultural context, without engaging in explicit DEI-driven casting against a Western 'white/mainstream' norm. Its narrative explores philosophical themes of perception and reality, rather than focusing on a critique of traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Confidence: High

The film centers on a multigenerational joint family, depicting enduring marriages, traditional gender roles, and strong familial bonds, with the family unit serving as a constant anchor amidst the protagonist's philosophical journey.

Hinduism: Negative
Confidence: High

The film portrays the uncritical acceptance of traditional Hindu beliefs and practices as problematic, as the protagonist's philosophical journey involves discarding them in favor of personal empirical truth.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

Ankhon Dekhi is a philosophical drama centered on a man's journey to only believe what he directly experiences. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes, focusing instead on its protagonist's unique existential quest and family dynamics.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film Ankhon Dekhi does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on an elderly man's philosophical journey and his family's experiences, without engaging with transsexual identities or related issues within its plot or character arcs.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an original story with characters created specifically for it. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical gender baselines for its characters to be compared against, thus no gender swaps occur.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an original story with characters created for this specific production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or established canon for these characters to deviate from, thus precluding any race swaps.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.9
The Movie Database logo
7.1

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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