‘Pagglait’ shows grief in all its complicated facets

Following the death of her husband soon after marriage, Sandhya tries to understand the person that he was.

When Sandhya married Astik, she put her career and MA in English on hold to become a housewife to her husband’s large family. Astik, on the other hand, left his girlfriend to marry Sandhya, a woman he barely knew. Their marriage was a result of familial expectations, and they realised they were incompatible. They didn't communicate well, and there was no love blossoming between them.