A mother’s heartbeat

Kedar Shrestha’s ‘DhukDhuki 72 Megahertz’ challenges predictable tropes with a layered narrative that explores patriarchy, love, and the complexities of motherhood.

Having to choose between saving the mother or the child during a complicated pregnancy is a trope adopted by many movies and plays as their narrative crux. Adopting such tropes simplifies the plot, adding nothing but predictable melodrama.