The Song of Scorpions

The film comes out just ahead of Irrfan Khan’s third death anniversary, and it brings us face to face, once again, with an actor non-pareil, whose absence grows sharper with each passing day.

Generally speaking, the film suffers from a somewhat fuzzy storytelling style.

It's easy to get seduced by the sumptuous cinematography of "The Song of Scorpions," but all that beauty becomes mere window-dressing since the script is too weak to support the potentially interesting story.

The Song of Scorpions is designed as a folktale. The setting is the unending sand dunes of Rajasthan and the pace is hypnotically sluggish. Science here has not dented the hold of superstition.