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Female Body and Male Heroism in South Indian Cinema:
A Special Reference to Telugu Cinema

Dr. Krishna Sankar Kusuma


N. T. Rama Rao in the film Daasi
Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._T._Rama_Rao_filmography

Abstract

South Indian cinema presents different aesthetics, themes, and stories when compared to Hindi cinema. The unique characteristics of Southern cinema include fans and fan clubs, cinema, politics, devotional and folklore genres, and so on. Heroism that exists in regional cinema in India is highly characterised by male dominance. The main aim of the paper is to understand and analyse the representation of the female lead roles in Telugu cinema over the years. There are very few female actors who could achieve the status of female lead roles to the stardom on par with male actors. The paper explores depiction and use of female body and male heroism in Telugu and other South Indian languages cinema. In the midst of male-dominated industry, the paper analyses female actors’ depiction in Telugu and other South Indian movies.

Keywords: South Indian Cinema, Heroism, Female body, Telugu Cinema, female actors, Indian cinema, male lead roles, male-centered movies

Introduction

Heroism is a significant factor that is present in all movie industries regardless of their geographical location. In fact, the notions of ‘Hero’ and ‘Heroism’ are closely associated with all the film industries in India. Whether it is Bombay cinema or four cinema industries in South India, heroism has become an important phenomenon over the years.

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Dr. Krishna Sankar Kusuma
Assistant Professor (Sr.Grade)
AJK Mass Communication Research Centre
Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Nagar
New Delhi-110025
India
kusumakk@gmail.com

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