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circ rcp) Re og BCR e os TTT Galt) Ta surely) PTE MEL els SUSE Caran ets ea and Popular Cuy . Culture: ema & Television ae 1 , Dr. K, Sripad Bhat - Key Note Dr, Sudhir, Nikam . rayal of women in it d Cinema : “* Asst Prof, Swapna K Jadhav - Seminar Orgnizer sses: The changing a 7 in the cine world Dr. Kavita Shastri se Adaptation: From Screen to Page 10 Dr. Asha N. Rabb er in Indian Hindi Cinema * Dr, Disha Madan mental concern through films and literature: 23 nce to Shivarama Karanth’s Kannada novel rida kanasu” and its movie adaptation. _* Asst. Prof Padmashree G roblems of young generation in the novels of tan Bhagat; Fascinating theme for Indian cinema + Asst. Prof Roma M. Ludrik tx oving Women’s Depiction and hae \ hting Stereotypes in Contemporary / ma and Literature * Miss. Chaitra Nagammanavar vironmental Concern through ns and Literature” * Smt, Bhosale. Vidya. Vasant 40 der Inequality & Subalternity i haran ae abaits The Out caste (Akkarmashi) | * Smt. S. Yagnasri . 13 36 Nein ee neem fis ave J ig on’s Depiction and Fight; _.o Women’s Depic Improving V0" ; a in Conte mporary Cinema and : : society. Depiction ote ae ie ms ‘ntense with the emergence ofrealistic yc a cinema Tae he social problems, attitude of society, poverta ic instead of fan vse erandeur of Kings and their adventures. Literature from times ite Naso depicted its patriarchal views on women, same thing continued to. Mos widely eld views on women at: they are the Weaker sexs jelp of a man 0 protect them, only if a Woman imitates man's agin get empowered, they are not capable of administration, they just the objects of please, they are like commodities whose qualities are obedience and chastity towards, owner Man, In cinemas too, these attitudes were upheld no matter wi Hollywood, Bollywood or Tollywood. In cinemas or in literature she the part of heroine who is secondary to the hero, she is there in the film only fr the sake of pleasure of audience’ eyes and the centre of the film ishero oma But in recent cinemas there has been considerable change. Many feminisic movies have not only hit the theatre but also emerged as blockbusters. They at Wonder woman, Pink, Arundathi and Bahubali Part 1 and II, Wonder Woman — a Pioneer of Superwoman Moyies: We all are familiar with the Superheroes like Batman, Spiderman, and Superman so on. Alll these are male centric films, They strengthened the stereotype of men being the stronger sex, the actions in the films depicted were i protecting a beautifull, delicate lady who is unable to protect herselt tis strengthened another stereotype of women being the weaker sex. But ete i Wy sinsle movie portraying Super heroine until this film hit the theatres. vss ponder woman starring Gal Gadot This film got inspiration ! Grek ee oh, the Amazons. They were a tribe of women ws rior Tie wos ths. They were violent and invasive and their main concem of Me as wnat. Francisco de Orellana gave the A, River its name after coming the battles with ia gave the Amazon River its nam : Amnitzons, ne es of female warriors whom he felt vee 4 Super heroine eae ean Martson a well known pail n the movie Gal oe ‘onder Woman. g ‘Amazon, tr is a Pm isolated from the rest of te ae Princes ii i + She meets ¢} . orld. She grows up as an ae conflict itaking ae Pine, an American Pilot who is battling massive power'o he enemies ant site her World, She discovers her and thus gets th a fights the " Sets the name Wonder woman. She cawueo 4 Coma) 204 ‘ oe alt hor abILIER OF being @ 9 soo? at ent unt doe ake the slereaty pes (hat there ea UMNAN, Bo ying (oun (MDD 26/10 and i ‘Nast Ser i pave SUE MR TL a ah svi which Exposed the Double how ane yi movie released i the ve 3 AF We Sigg 6 f en nk ty Anuraxiia Ray € houdhary, Wis a thir ah hha i posi ceo Pane in the leading roles, Th i panies N’Some things are good only if et th double for wor ge twa as “ChAraeteHLON OF AM, The Women Uy then co tinal (Tapsees Falak ancl Andrea, They’ are fw deals wih the ree One day they gO ONL at Night fOr fun ta'g peek madam Kajveer who is thom influential background and ‘ioe eOnEEH Where O along with his wo friends invites hem to a dinner, There Tae chauvinin, a jowards Minal, Bven after her saying ‘NO" he doesn't stay aren an sissies up bate and is Rajveer, resus Breve nye Ae soe this Rajveer and his friends turn their lives into nightmare, 1 nt against her and labels all three as prostitutes, Then to thelr dafoe comes Deepak Sehgal (Amitab), He not only plays the role of the lawyer firihe three girls but also through that character tries to exposé double standards of the asso. Atte end Deepak Sehgal wins the case by saying, whether @ woman i asex worker, Wife or slave, ifshe says ‘no’ to being touched, then no man has the to force himself on her, It has earned high rating of 8,2/10 by IMDb, It nade the audiences to question their conscience and get out of certain stereotypes, jrundathi~ A Story of a Brave Indian Queen: We all are familiar with phrase “Once lived a brave King” because all the previous works or films dealt with brave Kings and not Queens, But here is a movie which relates the story of a brave Queen, It was also one such movie which broke the stereotype of Indian women wearing saree, following customs and traditions are weak, This movie has a character Arundathi also known as ‘kjamma. She is a brave queen of Gadwal dynasty, The story deals rebirth of Anundathi in the same family. The story begins when ‘Arundathi in her second iit arives to that place strange incidents begins to take place, Soon she senses te trouble and asks the old lady Chandramma to narrate the happenings of ve Bx. She tells about the valiant queen of Gadwal dynasty Jejamma and ahr ‘oer Pashupathi, who is her sister’s husband, He is @ womanizer, rapes and Kis al women he comes across. Her father is unable to punish him as he oe : aw. One day sick of all this Bhargavi ‘commits suicide. It is then ja i ei punishes Pashupath. He is beaten and dragged pore oe a velng to die, Jeejamma comes of the age. She has nae day on the day of ee punted warrior and loved by the people of Gadwal. ver through Nagas: IgjatTage Pashupathi comes back. He has gained Po urders him and & Bare ronal her art of dance and invasive ala ee ret as he tums into 2 emg lt around his body. But the problem isnot Oe . For which Arundathi takes rebirth to kill him. ‘ shown nor like other “We have to notice is, nowhere husband of JeejammaS ee 23 wort vy neat nly Jeejamma who faces a ily destroying the demon. ae Full of Lionhearted Women: ov <, successful cinemas of the recent times mest svetami played by Ramya Krishnay Deyagat Avanthika played by Tamannaah, Siv enti a ikers the power after the death of her brother. or husband is handicapped and he is unable to rule. Bahubali ata witch who favors her son over her brother. | is nt eated & "Gy thing she sees is the capability on whee v equally. OFF: power to handle the crisis inthe knggps tit ¢ feels she is insulted by Devasena for reject; ealizes her mistake. At last she sacrifices + Devasena’s son’s life from Balaldev. Devasena is one her character who is not portrayed as weak .Instead it is shown that be won over by power or money but by the respect and gentleness, She. twenty-five years but never compromises with Balaldev. Avanthika js ag Narrior who is determined to free Devasena from Balaldev’s prison, wu the above mentioned are recent blockbusters which Were women movies, They succesfully proved that films can be a big hit even when 4 Gangajal 2, Gulabi Gang and Kannada movie like Rass have been successful in breaking the gender stereotypes. But the sad pani recent movies is objectification of women through item songs. This is agip creating a view that women are mere object of pleasure. Contemporary Literature and Women: Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth and Madame Bovary are some of the fant ‘works which show women who don’t listen to husband have to be tamed, sta are witches and women are cheaters. But Modern writers have produced: women oriented works which outlaw all these stereotypes. Some of the that have destroyed stereotypes attached to women are C S Lewis's Namia- where a little girl Lucy unlike the stereotype which says- # love adventures, she loves adventures, She also interacts with the gig ji One more novel which shows sexual assault cannot helieor Lake Angelou’s | Know Why the Caged Bird Sings wit all the diffi i k poor woman who is subjected to sexual abuse > mat ffir abuses don't tp et fo novel nine eT presents the violence inflicted on idl fom abusive hue Ruy town attack a former convent ith it solidariy, Here eee bee tn aha et ste strep ata On the pes co ner nelP. ISS films he COM. gina orious ali AD of the ct One women ‘ Shetty vusika Shetty 2 A Mahishmath fe women centre ‘ whole we eg Well-teceived ie We can say that the women oriente G the audi : mone sR eal ‘at Woman oriey Srented mopvies cannot be big hits. inal (Literature & Cinema) 2018, English & Hindi Dept, Dr. B, RA jer BR Ambedkar n cannot play super-hero roles, wari nite Huby 7 Or, erature too has witnessed mini: 3 the Strator jl as women writers who have destroyed stereoon "eee ction of women in cinemas and literature me oe attached to \proved in the puto type hat womal ong ry sexual abuse. Li outer ens as We ny m als net Thus dep! ww emporary world. works d Lance Well Michelle A, and Lance Weldy. C.s. Lewis :The = | Ail, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Meoeaee - Nery Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Raa House Trade Paperbacks, 2009. Print. : lom a Arundathi. Directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, performance by Anushka Shetty, 2009 : Bahubali: Raghavendr The Beginning. Directed by Rajamaul?i, E a, Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Deg Hite Fasc Daggubati, Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Sathyaraj, Na car, Krishnan Ramya, M M. Kreem, and Karan Johar , 2015. : | Bahubali-2: The Conclusion. Directed by Rajamaui?i, Es E, Rao K. Raghavendra, Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni, performance by Rana Daggubati, Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Sathyaraj, Na car, amya, M M. Kreem, and Karan Johar , 2017. Krishnan R: 6, Bambara, Toni C. The Black Woman: An Anthology. , 1970. Print. 1. Pink. Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, performance by Amitab Bachchan, Tapsi Panu, N H STUDIOZ. 2016 . Wonder Woman. Directed by Petty Jenkins, performance by Gal Gadot, Wamer Bros, 2017. 9. hitp://m.imdb.comiitle/tt1361809/ 10.http://m,imdb.comiitle/tt5571734/ He

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