In Kasba, Shahani adapts the Anton Chekhov short story 'In the Hollow' 1900 to an Indian context, and uses visual codes drawn from the tradition of miniature painting from Kangra. The film uses this traditional art form as a framing device to explore themes of India’s industrialisation and the emancipation of women. The protagonist Tejo is constructed as a nayika, the iconic heroine in the Kangra miniature tradition. In the film, Tejo appears as a local avatar of the Hindu goddess Radha, mistress of Krishna. In Kasba, however, there is no Krishna to satisfy Tejo's passion; the object of her passion is displaced and she is instead enamoured of money and independence. Kasba won the Indian Filmfare Critics Award for Best Feature Film in 1991.
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