Archive for authorDeepan

Deepan is a voracious reader with a keen interest in contemporary cinema, and is a firm believer in gender equality. He is a member of the Orinam group and mailing list.

Film review: Subverting Bollywood Romance in Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

By Deepan Feb 11 2019 Post comment

An intensely personal take on the film and its resonance for the reviewer, Deepan.

To those who say caste is only about preference

By Deepan May 23 2015 Post comment

To those who justify that caste is only a cultural preference and not discrimination.

Vishwaroopam: a queer critique

By Deepan Feb 9 2013 21 Comments

A movie like Vishwaroopam takes us even farther back in its retrogressive portrayal of queer masculinity as deviance. Such portrayal by a mass hero will only reinforce the already prevalent hatred and prejudice against the much maligned sexual and gender minorities.