Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- uncomfortable
- friends night
- foodie movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a timely, funny, and socially incisive ensemble portrait of northeastern migrants confronting discrimination in Delhi.
What sets it apart
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The friends' effort to prepare axone for a wedding party expresses cultural identity, friendship, and communal care.
Northeastern women living in Delhi encounter catcalling, cultural hostility, and suspicion from neighbors and landlords.
The disorganized friends repeatedly adapt their secret wedding preparations as landlords, neighbors, and ineffective helpers create obstacles.
The powerful aroma of the pork stew triggers complaints and symbolizes the friction between local custom and migrant identity.
Films like Axone, and why
The Lunchbox
Shared ensemble comedy, migrant friendship, cultural friction, and food-centered social storytelling.
Khosla Ka Ghosla!
Shared warm but bittersweet humor, urban displacement, intercultural misunderstanding, and community bonds.
Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Shared intimate ensemble dynamics, social prejudice, lively comic disruption, and marginalized characters negotiating city life.
Movie Details
- Director
- Nicholas Kharkongor
- Release Date
- 2019-10-02
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (17)
Cast
- Sayani Gupta
- Lin Laishram
- Dolly Ahluwalia
- Jimpa Sangpo Bhutia
- Lanuakum Ao
- Adil Hussain
- Merenla Imsong
Common questions
- What is Axone about?
- A lively Delhi ensemble comedy turns a pungent wedding stew into a test of friendship, cultural belonging, and resilience.
- What is Axone like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Axone as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Axone violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Axone.
- What did critics think of Axone?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a timely, funny, and socially incisive ensemble portrait of northeastern migrants confronting discrimination in Delhi.
- Which films are like Axone?
- Films with a similar feel include The Lunchbox, Khosla Ka Ghosla!, and Dum Laga Ke Haisha.
- How long is Axone?
- Axone runs 96 minutes.
