Sister Midnight movie review: Radhika Apte film is a bizarro-serio-comedy like no other

And that goes most for Uma, whose initial attempts at cooking and keeping house are so hopeless that she abandons all further attempts at domesticity. Her kindly neighbour Sheetal ( Chhaya Kadam) keeps her company when the loneliness becomes too much, but after a point it isn’t enough.

What Uma finds succour in, is so off the charts that you may feel like taking a step back, especially if you like your films safe and sanitised. But as she searches for a kindred spirit to fill up the feeling of hollowness, she lucks into a bunch of people who are on the same page. Finally, Uma is home.

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Underneath all the weird goings-on – I guarantee you will not look at small birds and mice the same way again– the film is a strong indictment of mismatched people yoked into marriages not of their making. And a big shout-out to finding your tribe.

Radhika Apte submits to the looney-tunes that this film is wrapped in, coming up with a creature who is feral and fierce and vital. Uma skews and stews, and finds fulfillment. Sister Midnight is for those who like their pleasures a bit off-kilter : I was happy to lean into its blackly funny charms.

Sister Midnight movie cast: Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam
Sister Midnight movie director: Karan Kandhari
Sister Midnight movie rating: 3 stars