Opinion Growing up as a Dalit, queer woman myself, I have never come across a story or a character that I could relate to.Megha MalakarScreenshot/Netflix"I relate so much to this character", " I felt she was a perfect portrayal of me", "That is exactly what my family is like". Such responses are what we often hear or feel after we watch a film that we can relate to. However, ever since I started watching movies, I don't remember being able to say any of these. That is, until I watched Neeraj Ghaywan’s Geeli Pucchi, the third film in the Netflix anthology Ajeeb Daastaans. In Indian media, be it Bollywood or regional films, there has always been a domination of certain kinds of people. Be it the director, actor, cinematographer — they mostly come from privileged sections of the society. Hence, their way of telling a story can never...
- 4/29/2021
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
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