Film review: Subverting Bollywood Romance in Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
An intensely personal take on the film and its resonance for the reviewer, Deepan.
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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.
To those who say caste is only about preference
To those who justify that caste is only a cultural preference and not discrimination.
Vishwaroopam: a queer critique
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.
Me, a feminist man
Deepan supports feminism, and explains why, in this impassioned essay.
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