We discuss the ending of the Netflix film Qala which will contain spoilers. What happens to Qala in the end? Let’s find out!
There have been films that highlight mental health and suicide in different ways, but the way writer-director Anvita Dutt connects the visuals with Qala Manjunshree’s (Triptii Dimri) emotions is powerful.
Haunted by her past, a talented singer with a rising career copes with the pressure of success, a mother’s disdain, and the voices of doubt within her, as per the synopsis on IMDB. Mental health, anxiety, and depression can all stem from childhood. The older we get, the more we realize that the catalyst of our adult issues comes from the way our parents treated us. Parents always want the best for their children, and they push them too hard into something they don’t even want to do.
Qala was forced into the music industry because her father fell ill, and her mother disciplined her to become just like him. Even when others would compliment Qala, her mother would twist the words and find a way to box her into her mind, telling her that she isn’t good enough.
There are choices made to show what is happening in Qala’s mind, as Dutt utilizes flashbacks at the proper moment within the present time to trigger a memory. The film flows from past and present, and there’s a clear distinction between the two.
Qala ending explained – what happens to Qala in the end?
As the film goes on, Qala desperately wants to see her mother. She wants her to know that she is succeeding in the field, but she doesn’t feel right. After years of not being by her side, Qala has become independent but also has had help as her friends have coached her through her career. Her mother refuses to come to see her and it has been difficult for her. So this prompts her to think about her past.
There’s a darkness that looms over Qala and she has had trouble sleeping. The doctor refused to prescribe her any more sleeping pills, which causes her to lose all sense of reality. There are moments from her past, like seeing her father dangling from a tree after taking his own life, that has stayed with her. There is one scene towards the end where she is in the recording studio and she can’t hear anything. Instead, she gets cold feet because it’s snowing and she’s freezing.
Qala hasn’t been fully present in a long time, and the way her mother tortured her manifested into another version of herself – her conscience – that played on her mind. When her mother finally came to visit, Qala takes her own life in her bedroom, and her mother sees her dangling from the ceiling.
It feels repetitive for Qala’s mother, and after showing her love in a different way, she lost the one child who stayed with her. Neglecting your child is not the best way to let them live their lives because everyone needs someone to love them unconditionally, even if the love is projected differently.
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