Most Underrated · Women
Geetanjali Kulkarni
गीतांजलि कुलकर्णी
“In India's Oscar entry, she plays the prosecutor — and the film's argument is her lunch break.”
- Screen debut
- 2014
- Best in
- Court (2014)
- Also see
- Mukti Bhawan · Gullak · Photograph · Taj Mahal 1989 · Dhak Dhak
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The case
Court's most quietly devastating scene follows the prosecutor home to a small flat, a family and a Marathi play about migrants she watches without irony. Kulkarni plays a person doing a job that ruins lives, entirely without villainy. It is a masterclass, and she is still a name most viewers cannot place.
Where to start
Begin with Court (2014). It's in this canon — read our entry on it. Then work through Mukti Bhawan, Gullak, Photograph.
See how we defined “underrated” and why some obvious names are missing in our methodology essay.
In the canon