An analysis of women centric films in Bollywood

My study examines women-centric cinema in India that are in Hindi. In `these films women have revolted against the injustice. The content analysis of the movies (parallel and middle) focuses on representation of women-centered issues. The Parallel Cinema is serious and artistic in its representation, mainly attracting the elites, whereas, the middle cinema is a cross between the commercial and parallel cinema, and is meant for the masses. This study compares and contrasts both types of cinema. The main implication of this book was that representation of women in such films encourages social change in the treatment of women in Indian society, which is very male-dominated and patriarchal, by showing women as emotionally and economically independent. Therefore, by acknowledging the open-secrets like domestic violence, abuse etc, it brings these problems upfront, by allowing women to talk about it in public.

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Srijita Sarkar es licenciada en Sociología por la Universidad de Louisville y estudiante de doctorado en la Universidad de Saskatchewan. Ha publicado en revistas especializadas. Sus intereses de investigación son el análisis de las redes sociales, la inmigración, la juventud, el género, la cultura popular y los medios de comunicación de masas y sociales. Es periodista y columnista sobre diversos temas sociales.