Sleeping Partner (film)

Sleeping Partner is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language drama film that sheds light on domestic violence and marital rape.^[1] Starring Divya Dutta and Sanjay Kapoor,^[2][3][4][5] this film is a Flipkart Video Original and part of an anthology of seven short films titled Zindagi inShort produced by Guneet Monga of Sikhya Entertainment. The film was released on 19 February 2020.^[6][7]

Sleeping Partner
Directed by	Punarvasu Naik
Written by	Charudutt Acharya
Produced by	Guneet Monga Achin Jain Guneet Dogra
Starring	Divya Dutta Sanjay Kapoor
Cinematography	Akash Agarwal
Edited by	Unnikrishnan Prabhakaran
Music by	Rohan-Vinayak
Production company	Sikhya Entertainment
Distributed by	Flipkart Video
Release date	19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)
Running time	22 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Cast

• Divya Dutta as Beena
• Sanjay Kapoor as Sahay
• Jitin Gulati as Ravish

Reception

Pratishruti Ganguly of Firstpost gave a mixed review stating "Despite the superb acting though, one may find Sleeping Partner a tad too melodramatic and Bollywood-ised, especially in the end."^[8] In contrast, Ruchi Kaushal of Hindustan Times and Nandini Ramanath of Scroll.in gave a positive note and also praised Divya Dutta's characterisation, with the former stating that "It’s enough to leave you impressed not just with Divya’s character arc but also how a woman finds courage inside herself."^[9] and the latter wrote "The feminist lite treatment ensures a conclusion that nobody saw coming. Yet, Dutta is affecting as the bruised wife, and Sanjay Kapoor is turning out to be a fine cameo artist in small but well-written parts."^[10] Rahul Desai of Film Companion noted "The film subverts the extramarital template and pitches a woman against the general arrogance of mankind: a tightrope walk that doesn’t fall prey to the woke, kitchen-sink-brand feminism expected from storytellers these days."^[11]