International Women’s Day 2021: Powerful Feminist Movies To Watch On IWD Mar 06, 2021, 20:07 IST
These stories about female protagonists spoke of issues that are usually swept under the carpet
Our cinema usually misses out on nuance while making films about women but here is our pick of narratives that got the complexity of female characters and the urgency of the issues faced by them, right.
Ajji: At a time when gender crimes have acquired epidemic proportions, Ajji produced by Yoodlee Films and directed by Devashish Makhija is more relevant than ever. This wrenching story about rape and retribution is a critique not just of the society where even girl children are not safe but of the power structures that protect the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. The discovery of a little girl’s body in a garbage heap expands into a scathing social commentary and asks tough questions that we need to answer collectively. What’s more, the avenging spirit i
International Womenâs Day 2021: From Thappad to Ajji , powerful women-centric films to watch
These stories about female protagonists spoke of issues that are usually swept under the carpet.
Our cinema usually misses out on nuance while making films about women but here is our pick of narratives that got the complexity of female characters and the urgency of the issues faced by them, right.
Ajji: At a time when gender crimes have acquired epidemic proportions, Ajji produced by Yoodlee Films and directed by Devashish Makhija is more relevant than ever. This wrenching story about rape and retribution is a critique not just of the society where even girl children are not safe but of the power structures that protect the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. The discovery of a little girlâs body in a garbage heap expands into a scathing social commentary and asks tough questions that we need to answer collectively. Whatâs more, the avenging spirit in the film i
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âOur cinema usually misses out on nuance while making films about women but here is our pick of narratives that got the complexity of female characters and the urgency of the issues faced by them, right.
Ajji
At a time when gender crimes have acquired epidemic proportions, Ajji produced by Yoodlee Films and directed by Devashish Makhija is more relevant than ever. This wrenching story about rape and retribution is a critique not just of the society but of the power structures that protect the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. The discovery of a little girlâs body in a garbage heap expands into a scathing social commentary and asks tough questions that we need to answer collectively. Whatâs more, the avenging spirit in the film is not that of an all powerful male hero but of a grandmother, an âAjjiâ. The film stars Sushama Deshpande, Sharvani Suryavanshi, Abhishek Banerjee, Sadiya
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These stories about female protagonists spoke of issues that are usually swept under the carpet. Our cinema usually misses out on nuance while making films about women but here is our pick of narratives that got the complexity of female characters and the urgency of the issues faced by them, right. This Women’s Day lets watch these films and celebrate womanhood.
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Ajji: At a time when gender crimes have acquired epidemic proportions, ‘Ajji’ produced by Yoodlee Films and directed by Devashish Makhija is more relevant than ever to celebrate Women’s Day. This wrenching story about rape and retribution is a critique not just of the society where even girl children are not safe but of the power structures that protect the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. The discovery of a little girl’s body in a garbage heap expands into a scathing social commentary and asks tough questions that we need to answer collectively. What’s m