"Eyes of Stone is a poignant comment on the state of women in India. Technically the film is fluid visual poetry. The colours change from vibrant yellows, greens and oranges (the native desert hues) to foreboding blacks, greys and reds. The camera closes up on the furrows of ageing women's face, the vulnerability of Shanta's youth as she dots her hair with vermilion, the strange, almost scary stare of roosters, ducks and hundreds of pigeons that greedily gobble up the grain, the gawdy contours of a calendar cut-out of a rain-drenched Mandakini in 'Ram Teri Ganga Maili', the ubiquitous two-in-ones and numerous gods and goddesses that stand as stony witnesse. The narrative follows a smooth, sensitive and easy flowing strain as it cruises through the psyche of tortured souls, viewed more as victims of a convoluted social system than as good or bad. individuals."

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