...Essay Plan...

Hypothesis:
To show that typical Patriarchy in Bollywood films are subverting and that the significance of Women has started to increase, as we are changing the way we live in society, i.e not living in a Patriacrhal soceity.


Intro:
Talking about patriarchy in Bollywood. In general
· Men were seen as dominant
· Roles on man
· roles of women
· the stereotypes

Have a paragraph on- Historical texts
Mughal-e-Azam (1960), the whole narrative was about an Emperor’s son who falls in love with a courtesan. The film reinforces the dominance of one man over India and show women being entertainers/dancers for the rich.I would look at the roles of female protagonists along with the male protagonists. Concluding the role of the women in the film.

Chaal Baaz (1989), has a split representation of women, we see actor Sridevi playing a double role. Separated at birth are two twins, one who plays a bird-in-cage role and a modern club dancer. Even though the modern club dancer has a modern profession and sees men are equal to women, she still needs support of men. I would look at the roles of the female protagonists with the male protagonists. Comparing the two opposite roles and concluding how the film represents women. Look closely at Chaal Baaz, analyse the characteristics of Sridevi. Red lipstick connotes seduction, trying to achieve the ‘male gaze’. This states that women are there for fantasy/ selling herself.

Mother India (1957) - Seen to carry out man’s roles. A struggling mother. Look at her role, as this changed Bollywood totally. It did shake Bollywood as it was a moving film. The film created a Masochistic view for the audience. In Freud’s ‘Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality’ (1905d) he remarked ‘Masochism is associated with passivity and sadism with activity. An essential characteristic of the perversions is that the active and passive forms are found in the same individual.’ So in this case Radha a lead female actor had masochistic characteristics, which built over the course of the movie.

Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) - The movie song enforces the idea of women being the typical ‘housewife’ and the guy outside fixing his car.Have a paragraph on-
Talk about Laura Mulvey theory: The ‘male gaze’ I will refer back to the historical films.

Have a Paragraph on- Cash (2007)
- What is shown, the representation of women.
- The themes

Have a paragraph on-
Talking about ACTIVE vs. PASSIVE. So Cash (2007) has shown all women being active, whereas all other historical movies reinforced the passive side

Have a paragraph on- Identity change.
Older films- Sex symbols, objects of sex and passive roles.
New films, Cash (2007) - Sex symbols/references to sex-sexual innuendo and Active roles.

Have a Paragraph on- The ‘new man’
Look at films-
-Cash, man listens to his wife, follows instructions.
- Dhoom2- man cooks for wife. He takes care of the kitchen.

Have a Paragraph on- Compare Hollywood to Bollywood.
-Is Bollywood imitating Hollywood
- Look at films such as Kill Bill, and Tomb raider compare with new Bollywood movies.
-Kill bill- Tight clothes-yellow-attractive.

Conclusion-
Although Cash girls are still being objectified, which hasn’t changed since the birth of Bollywood. They have started to get resourceful roles but still shown women being the subject of the ‘male gaze.’