Accused Movie: Konkona Sen Sharma Stars In New Queer Psychological Drama
The accused movie centers on a celebrated queer gynecologist in London who faces sexual misconduct allegations that threaten her career and marriage — a release that matters because it expands the relatively small slate of Indian-language films focused explicitly on LGBTQ lives. The film’s casting, creative team and narrative choices have sparked immediate discussion about how such stories are told.
Accused Movie: Plot and cast
The film follows Dr. Geetika Sen, a senior surgeon whose life unravels after an anonymous complaint alleges predatory behavior. The allegation prompts an investigation, shifts colleagues’ attitudes, and places her under intense scrutiny; her wife Meera confronts whether to leave or fight for the marriage. Konkona Sen Sharma plays Dr. Geetika Sen, with Pratibha Ranta as Meera. The wider cast includes additional supporting performers named in the credits.
Behind the camera, the project is directed by Anubhuti Kashyap from a screenplay by Sima Agarwal and Yash Keswani. Production credits list a prominent production company associated with a high-profile partnership that has previously delivered multiple Indian-language originals.
The film runs approximately 1 hour 47 minutes and carries a TV-MA language rating in the US. Subtitles and multiple dubbed language tracks are included in its release package.
What the accused movie explores
At its core the story examines power, ambition and credibility. The plot frames Geetika as a driven surgeon whose professional toughness and social identity have been treated as background until the allegation surfaces. The complaint arrives as an anonymous email to human resources, triggering institutional procedures and online scrutiny. The narrative deliberately complicates viewer judgment, presenting a range of characters who might have motive or reason to dislike her and inviting audiences to weigh ambiguity against accusation.
The film also probes how ambition and professional survival strategies can shape behavior: Geetika is depicted as someone who, in fighting a male-dominated field, adopts traits often associated with the very figures she opposes. That characterization feeds into the film’s tension between systemic critique and individual culpability.
Critical response and next steps
Early reviews have been mixed, with some critics praising the film’s willingness to put a queer lead at the center of a MeToo-era narrative and others arguing the execution undermines survivor-centered momentum. Critics have described the movie as a tense psychological drama that, in places, flattens complexity into provocation. One prominent critique framed the film as "Guilty Of Not Reading The Room, " arguing it stages a post‑MeToo story in which the accusers are presented as murkier than the accused and that this choice risks appearing tone‑deaf to the movement’s aims.
Public commentary has also touched on broader industry representation. The lead actor has recently criticized derogatory portrayals of gay characters in mainstream cinema, a remark that factors into conversations about how queer lives are depicted on screen and the stakes of centering a queer professional in a scandal-driven plot.
Looking ahead, the film’s discussion is likely to continue in two observable ways: its placement among a small number of Indian-language queer originals may amplify attention on representation, and sustained debate over its handling of allegations could keep the title in critical and audience conversations. If scrutiny over the film’s approach remains elevated, that attention may shape how similar stories are developed and marketed in the near term.
