LGBTQ

Gender Stereotyping and Disparity in Cinema

The hero construct is very significant in our culture. A lot of the industry’s money is riding on that hero and therefore the whole attempt is to showcase that hero in the film, the trailer or the poster. We have in a sense normalized how skewed the system is.

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Mimi: Bringing back the debate on Surrogacy

Kriti Sanon and Pankaj Tripathi starrer film, Mimi is the latest attempt by Bollywood to bring the taboo topic of surrogacy back in the mainstream (last being Chori Chori Chupke Chupke 2001). The film showcases the story of Mimi, played by Kriti giving her career best performance, who wishes to become a heroine in Mumbai and for which she is saving money.

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