The cinematography works as an ode to Madhab’s story. It lay bares the despondency of debt-ridden farmers while simultaneously showing an accurate portrait of these parched lands. The best part of the film perhaps is that it doesn’t intend to answer or preach on the difference between right and wrong but instead leaves you with plenty to think about. Unsettling but rightly so.

Though Kadvi Hawa is touted as a film on climate change, it talks as much about farmers’ suicide in draught and flood-hit areas of our country.

Despite a running time of 95 minutes, Kadvi Hawa still feels a laboured watch. Nitin Dixit’s screenplay trudges along, not digging deep into what has created the harsh landscape that has made the farmer woes from bad to worse.

I must also make a quick confession here. Due to unavoidable time constraints, I had to watch the screener of this film, rather than catch it in a theatre. I don’t know whether that puts me at an advantage/disadvantage as a viewer.

If you insist on watching Justice League this week you mustn’t regret having missed out one of the most thought-provoking and exhausting and yet finally exceedingly rewarding film.