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    Cinematic Exploration of the Changed Realities in the Projection of Gender Specific Roles
    (JLSS, 2013) Shekhawat, Sushila
    Cinema dexterously explores and experiments with the myriad portrayals of women which is diversely rich; they are represented as submissive and oppressed on one hand and educated, open-minded, strong-willed on the other. However, there is a continuous change with respect to the stereotyped image and its depiction. The present paper attempts to highlight not only the different images of women but also the changed perception of the society that has exquisitely been captured in the films made in the recent context.
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    Shifting Images of Women in Contemporary Indian English Feminist Fiction and Indian Hindi Cinema
    (Literary Voice, 2019-03) Shekhawat, Sushila
    Indian English Feminist Fiction and Indian Hindi films have been consistently projecting myriad shades of woman's journey for self-empowerment. Both the mediums enjoy immense popularity among the masses. The present paper focuses on a woman's psychological need to be nurtured and cared for, though ceaseless torments force her to retaliate as she finds it difficult to tolerate the prejudiced behavior. Hence, in her struggle to fulfill her roles and responsibilities as a mother, daughter, wife and a professional she emerges as a woman of substance in spite of all the contraries that assail her life. Manju Kapur's novel, Difficult Daughters and Madhur Bhandarkar's film Satta are the subject of scrutiny in charting out the various points of progression in a woman's life.
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    Contemporary Hindi Films: A Tool for Women Empowerment
    (EJSS, 2019) Shekhawat, Sushila
    Innumerable shades of women have found representation in various media formats such as television, print media, social media, internet, cinema etc. Fight for equality and more prominently human rights has been taken up by several prominent film makers to bring this pertinent issue to the limelight so as to enlighten the masses by exposing the actual story of women being involved. This paper tries to study depiction of women in selected Indian Films to better explore their role in shaping up new perspectives on gender equality playing a significant role in sensitizing people towards the reality associated with the issues. The study would also try to look at the different projections and filmic images which have dared to go beyond the conventional portrayal and created a new identity of the empowered women with examples from films like Fire, Pink, Gulaab gang, Kahaani, etc.