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Affirming the Differently Abled on the Indian Silver Screen: A study of Black and Hichki

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  • Mouli Sarkar

    (Assistant Lecturer of English, Bengal Institute of Polytechnic (Affiliated to WBSCTVESD, Kolkata) Birbhum, West Bengal)

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This paper attempts to focus on two contemporary Indian movies on the relation between the differently challenged persons, particularly women, and the social dynamics, Black (2005), and Hichki (2018). Seen against the tradition of Indian Cinema, in particular, and of popular culture in this subcontinent, in general, such productions crucially depart from the conventional cultural tradition by foregrounding the so-called disabled persons as fighters against the socio-cultural receptions of the subject body and codes of ‘normalcy’. They are further set within the contemporary human rights movements. This study in social science of the relation between normalcy, power and culture in the above mentioned two movies is, therefore, framed within the theoretical discourse of Disability and Cultural Studies and look forward to a democratic society based on equality, freedom and justice.

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  • Mouli Sarkar, 2021. "Affirming the Differently Abled on the Indian Silver Screen: A study of Black and Hichki," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(3), pages 221-224, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:3:p:221-224
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