In this episode of Frequently Made Mistakes, filmmaker Sudhish Kamath breaks down one of the most misunderstood storytelling tools in cinema: the framing device. It’s not voiceover. It’s not narration. It’s the system that positions the story authority, memory, investigation, myth, confession, or structure and quietly controls interpretation.
Using Dhurandhar as a case study, we examine how choosing an authority frame comes with intellectual responsibility and what happens when the film simplifies what its frame claims to explain. This is not a political critique, but a craft critique: once you choose a god’s-eye view, you inherit its burden.
