‘House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths’ review: The autopsy of a society
The Hindu
Steering clear of sensationalism, director Leena Yadav largely sticks to the material available in the public domain, but looks at it with a fresh, sensitive pair of eyes in this Netflix documentary
In the opening montage of the Netflix docu-series, sunlight gets trapped in the large mesh of electricity wires hanging from poles in the narrow lane 4 of Sant Nagar in Burari, North Central Delhi. The interplay of light and darkness is an apt visual metaphor to revisit the deaths of 11 members of a family that shook the nation’s conscience in July 2018.
Murder, mass suicide, or accident during a ritual, the widely-reported deaths were labeled in various ways before the case was closed, leaving behind a trail of questions hanging in the air.
Steering clear of sensationalism, director Leena Yadav largely sticks to the material available in the public domain but looks at it with a fresh, sensitive pair of eyes.