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Tamil cinema more particularly ... dialogues and lyrics ...and its influence on youth….
What are our Forum's women members to say....??
Filmmakers need to step up: Three women TN IPS officers take on misogyny in cinema
In a video, three women IPS officers say that a major reason for the increase in violence against women is misogynistic cinema.
Cinema as an influential factor in crimes against women is a hotly debated subject. Ever since the murder of Infosys employee Swathi by her alleged stalker in 2016, cinema has time and again been criticised for glorifying misogyny and violence towards women.
However, such portrayals have had their fair share of defenders too, those either claiming that these narratives were just for "entertainment" or that it was mere conjecture to draw a connection.
Three women IPS officers stationed in Tamil Nadu have now come forward in a video put together by Covai Post, appealing to filmmakers to stop promoting such violence in their films through dialogues and lyrics.
Taking on actors like Simbu, Dhanush, GV Prakash and Sivakarthikeyan whose films typically have such explicit depictions (not that other actors don't promote misogyny), the video plays sample lyrics from their films and goes on to feature the three officers sharing their views on the subject.
To read more: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...women-ips-officers-take-misogyny-cinema-61412
What are our Forum's women members to say....??
Filmmakers need to step up: Three women TN IPS officers take on misogyny in cinema
In a video, three women IPS officers say that a major reason for the increase in violence against women is misogynistic cinema.
Cinema as an influential factor in crimes against women is a hotly debated subject. Ever since the murder of Infosys employee Swathi by her alleged stalker in 2016, cinema has time and again been criticised for glorifying misogyny and violence towards women.
However, such portrayals have had their fair share of defenders too, those either claiming that these narratives were just for "entertainment" or that it was mere conjecture to draw a connection.
Three women IPS officers stationed in Tamil Nadu have now come forward in a video put together by Covai Post, appealing to filmmakers to stop promoting such violence in their films through dialogues and lyrics.
Taking on actors like Simbu, Dhanush, GV Prakash and Sivakarthikeyan whose films typically have such explicit depictions (not that other actors don't promote misogyny), the video plays sample lyrics from their films and goes on to feature the three officers sharing their views on the subject.
To read more: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...women-ips-officers-take-misogyny-cinema-61412