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The expendable women of Tamil and Telugu cinema

The expendable women of Tamil and Telugu cinema

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    Apte said she hated everything about the experience. She did not name the film or the actor, but social media users were quick to point to films Legend (2014) and Lion (2015) where she worked with actor Nandamuri Balakrishna. The post ‘Patriarchal’: Radhika Apte’s Telugu film remarks revive debate…

    — The South First

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Women are indispensable to commercial cinema’s storytelling, yet rarely afforded the agency or individuality to exist beyond the needs of male protagonists.

Coverage arrived over 2 hours — first from The South First, latest from Mathrubhumi English.

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Frontline Center-Left The Hindu Group (Kasturi & Sons) Current article

The expendable women of Tamil and Telugu cinema

Women are indispensable to commercial cinema’s storytelling, yet rarely afforded the agency or individuality to exist beyond the needs of male protagonists.

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The South First Center-Left The South First

‘Patriarchal’: Radhika Apte’s Telugu film remarks revive debate on women’s treatment

Apte said she hated everything about the experience. She did not name the film or the actor, but social media users were quick to point to films Legend (2014) and Lion (2015) where she worked with actor Nandamuri Balakrishna. The post ‘Patriarchal’: Radhika Apte’s Telugu film remarks revive debate…

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