You are here:

Thanks Maa

Name: Thanks Maa
Director: Irfan Kamal
Released: 2010
Duration: 120 min

Representation Score

3.6/10

Limited

2010

Director

Irfan Kamal

Runtime

120 minutes

Average Rating

No ratings yet

New Showbiz Analysis

Thanks Maa is a social realist drama that prioritizes exposing the failures of cultural myths over sentimentality. It uses a child protagonist to highlight the shortcomings of the social safety net and the 'respectable' class. The film effectively challenges traditional archetypes, particularly the idealized image of motherhood, moving toward a more nuanced understanding of systemic social issues. However, it lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities, non-cisgender characters, and physical or neurodivergent disabilities, creating significant gaps in its scope.

Watch this, not that →

Category Breakdown

Does Thanks Maa have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or stories about non-cisgender identities.

How does Thanks Maa portray gender?

Fair

The film challenges traditional gender roles by replacing the idealized image of motherhood with a more complex and painful reality.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Thanks Maa?

Fair

The story is set in a non-Western context and focuses on underrepresented social classes living on the outskirts of the dominant social order.

How does Thanks Maa represent religion and culture?

Good

The film criticizes traditional views of family sanctity and respectable institutions, highlighting the failures of these social structures.

Does Thanks Maa include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

Challenges the idealized image of motherhood
Critiques traditional social institutions
Focuses on underrepresented social classes

Limited or Absent

No representation of LGBTQ+ identities
No depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities
Does not address diverse sexual orientations or gender identities

Official Synopsis

While on the run from the reformatory, a 12 year old boy named Municipality finds and saves a two day old abandoned baby from becoming the prey to a ferocious street dog. Failing to find any takers among the people whom he deemed responsible and respectable, Municipality takes up the onus of finding the mother of that abandoned baby himself. Municipality's rock steady determination ultimately helps him emerge a winner against all odds as he reaches that baby's mother but in bargain he loses his most precious possession, the flawless and god-like image of a mother he used to see in his dreams and probably the hope that he'll ever find his own mother again.

How are these scores produced? →