Volume-I, Issue-III, February, 2025
Novel Insights A Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Multidisciplinary Research Journal |
Volume-I, Issue-III, February, 2025 |
Beyond Boundaries: Transforming Gender Ideologies in Patriarchal Societies in Laapataa Ladies and Thappad Bhumika Choudhary, PG Scholar, Dept. of English, Tagore P.G. Girls College (University of Rajasthan), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Email: choudharybhumikasingh@gmail.com Dr. Sheehan S Khan, Asst. Professor, Dept. of English, Tagore P.G. Girls College (University of Rajasthan), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Email: sheehan.shahab@gmail.com |
Received: 27.01.2025 | Accepted: 18.02.2025 | Published Online: 28.02.2025 |
Page No: 196-203 | DOI: 10.69655/novelinsights.vol.1.issue.03W.021 | |
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Abstract | ||
The study investigates the violence against women and the evolution of women from submissive to independent in the discourse of Hindi cinema borrowing from the concept of New Woman. This research paper examines the characters of Phool and Jaya from the film Laapataa Ladies (2024) and Amrita from the film Thappad (2022). The comedy/drama movie, Laapataa Ladies has a moral ending. The film deals with the journey of two newly wedded brides who inadvertently get exchanged, as a result of which both the women go through a series of misadventures. The movie Laapataa Ladies delves into the themes of women's aspirations, self-discovery and financial independence offering a new and refreshing take on feminism. Whereas the film Thappad deals with marital physical violence against women, Amrita, a housewife, shares a loving relationship with her husband and supports him in achieving his ambitions. But her life is shattered when her husband slaps her at a social event. Through the various primary and secondary sources, the paper examines how women step out from patriarchal ideologies, subjecting them to gender-based violence and domestic abuse. The paper identifies a shift from traditional, orthodox narratives to universal narratives centered around rights. The paper discusses the concept of the New Woman as she is challenged by gender norms and structures asserting a new public presence in the existing patriarchal society. This paper also represents how women, who once were limited to a domestic space have now evolved in every aspect of life viz., study, work, socializing, and financial independence. Keywords: Identity, Patriarchal ideologies, Violence, Orthodox narratives, New Woman. |