Pink: The male gaze defeated

Pink paints a nuanced picture of the feudal perspective with which women are viewed in India

Vikram Gopal  September 17, 2016 Last Updated at 00:16 IST

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  Shoojit Sircar's Pink brings the male gaze out into the open in all its regressive, ugly powerfulness. In the first half, the movie is a document of the omnipresence of the male gaze in society. The movie, set in Delhi, depicts the demands of this gaze on women, on the way they should dress and behave. The male gaze thrives on impunity. As feminist writer V Geetha had written in the aftermath of the December 2012 gang-rape: "Sexual violence always crosses the line but it is not therefore a singular or exceptional act. It has a family resemblance to more quotidian acts, ...

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Pink: The male gaze defeated