When her character in Phillauri talks about using oneвЂ™s platform for good, itвЂ™s a statement of her own purpose and a challenge to the men who dominate the film industry in front of and behind the camera to do the same. Like some of her female contemporaries, Sharma is using her hard-earned star power and connections to bankroll movies that feature strong women in uplifting roles. Sharma knows first-hand about the film industryвЂ™s continuing focus on the youth and beauty of female performers, resulting in short careers and insubstantial roles as eye-candy alongside one of a handful of middle-aged male actors. He has the opportunity to reach an audience that others donвЂ™t have access to, particularly women during this time period. She chastises him for wasting his platform on tacky frivolities instead of using it to elevate his audience, inspiring them with poetic lyrics and opening their minds to new ideas. He asks Shashi why she doesnвЂ™t sneak away to listen to his bawdy tunes the way the other single women do.

Traveling salesmen bring a phonograph to town to show off the latest technology, and Shashi sneaks out of the house to listen to the music, against the wishes of her overly protective and status-conscious older brother.Д«eautiful Shashi is spotted at the phonograph demonstration by a popular local singer who goes by the nickname вЂњPhillauriвЂќ (Diljit Dosanjh), a name that can be applied to anyone who hails from the town of Phillaur. She finds the modern world unfamiliar and too liberal for her taste - sheвЂ™s scandalized by AnuвЂ™s backless dress and KananвЂ™s whiskey-drinking grandmother - but seeing a DJ spinning a record at the young coupleвЂ™s engagement party brings back a flood of memories.ДЇlashbacks show us ShashiвЂ™s hometown of Phillaur outside of Amritsar in the early 20th Century. Shashi and Kanan are shocked to find themselves metaphysically hitched following the tree ceremony - especially Kanan, since heвЂ™s the only living person who can see Shashi.ДЄs Kanan copes with the stress of preparing for his wedding to Anu with a ghost in tow, Shashi tries to recall how she died. SheвЂ™s ripped from her arboreal abode when a young man with an unlucky love life - Kanan (Suraj Sharma) - marries her tree in an effort to improve his luck before marrying his childhood sweetheart, Anu (Mehreen Pirzada). Sharma plays a ghost named Shashi, whose spirit has been trapped in a tree since her death many years ago. As with Clean SlateвЂ™s first movie, the excellent 2015 revenge thriller NH10, Sharma stars in Phillauri in a role that explicitly addresses gender issues in a progressive way. Phillauri is the second movie by Clean Slate Films, a production house run by actress Anushka Sharma and her brother, Karnesh. This film is the product of an actress taking control of her career, in effect saying to the industry, вЂњThis is the caliber of movie I think the audience wants and the type of quality role female performers deserve.вЂќ ItвЂ™s a powerful statement packaged within a fun, touching romantic-comedy.

ThereвЂ™s so much to love about Phillauri on its own merits, but it also represents something important within the Hindi-film industry.

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