Sister Midnight

2025 1h 47m EN

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 43

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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An arranged marriage in Mumbai, a cowardly, slacker husband and a slum of a house: the very ingredients that cause Uma to slowly transform into a feral and ruthless figure guided by her wildest impulses.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Radhika Apte
Uma
Ashok Pathak
Gopal
Chhaya Kadam
Sheetal
Smita Tambe
Reshma
Navya Sawant
Aditi
Dev Raaz
Ramu
Chaitanya Solankar
Sanjay
Suhaas Ahuja
Doctor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Karan Kandhari
Writers: Karan Kandhari
Languages: English, Hindi, Japanese
Countries: India, United Kingdom, Sweden

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released last year.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Hindi, Japanese.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: India, United Kingdom, Sweden.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Karan Kandhari, shot by Sverre Sørdal. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Paul Banks. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Napoleon Stratogiannakis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Radhika Apte and Ashok Pathak and Chhaya Kadam carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt32060445 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Karan Kandhari directs. Sverre Sørdal behind the camera. Paul Banks scores. Napoleon Stratogiannakis cuts. Produced in India, United Kingdom, Sweden. Dialogue in English, Hindi, Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Hindi, Japanese.
3International production across 3 countries: India, United Kingdom, Sweden.
4Directed by Karan Kandhari, shot by Sverre Sørdal. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Paul Banks. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Napoleon Stratogiannakis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Radhika Apte and Ashok Pathak and Chhaya Kadam carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt32060445 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 43 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Sverre Sørdal
Original score: Paul Banks
Editing: Napoleon Stratogiannakis
Production design: Shruti Gupte
Makeup / hair: Soamaa Goswami
Stunt coordinator: Amritpal Singh
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Sister Midnight (2025)

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CinemaSerf2025-03-17
★ 6/10
“Uma” (Radhika Apte) lives in a small tin box of an home with her new husband “Gopal” (Ashok Pathan). She hasn’t a clue how to cook their food and neither seem to have much appetite to consummate their nuptials, so the relationship is distant and she has a bit of a temper which the rather subdued gent tends to run away from (and drink). Luckily, she manages to befriend her neighbour “Sheetah” (Chhaya Kadam) and they share stories about how useless men are whilst she struggles with the boredom of life. She eventually decides to get a job as a cleaner which breaks up the inanity a little, but she also starts to find herself drawn more and more to the animal kingdom. A passing encounter with a goat, then a bird, starts to see her question her almost vampiric behaviour. When an even more curiously tragic incident occurs, the story becomes increasingly surreal and the lines between truth and fiction become almost macabrely blurred. Apte is quite entertaining here as her aggressive and slightly stand-offish character becomes more eccentrically engaging and Pathak also delivers quite well as the hapless husband, but I found the story all too weak and repetitive for too long before the last ten minutes or so finally raise some more interesting aspects of superstition, perhaps even witchcraft, and shines a light a little on the vagaries of her tight knit community who are quick to make snap judgements. Though it’s not graphic, it’s not for the squeamish and it’s those few scenes where most of the dark comedy kicks in, but again there weren’t really enough of them to sustain this. It has it’s moments and is worth a watch for “Uma” wandering lonely as a goatherd through the city beating a mop and pail, but it will look just as good on the telly.

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