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An Analysis of Romantic Harassment in Contemporary Tamil Movies

Dr. S. Nandakumar and Ms. J. R. Jenitha, Ph.D. Research Scholar

Abstract

Cinema is a reflection of society, and it evolved a great way as a recreational entertainment platform around the world. The popular Kollywood industry has grown in early 20th century and established a strong global presence in contemporary period. This communication helps to educate society with facts, information, and moral values. Cinemas connect different cultures around different society through fictions or reality-based fictionalised stories. Many world, national and regional films talk about the social violence based on targeting a particular gender in the manner of comedy, romantic and emotional.

In South Indian movies, the portrayal of women chased and harassed by ignored ‘so- called’ lover who stalks around her is not in right path to lead the audience. Urging things will continuously stay and it affects the film industry and reality. The glorifying thing is that it is ultimately accepted, normalised and encouraged by the movie goers.

The contemporary Tamil movies Love Today, Remo, Tharamani. Kaatru Veliyidai, Iraivi, Paruthi Veeran, Kavan, Idharkku thanea Aasaipattai Balakumara are challenging, and they offer analytical part to understand the social problems and cultural changes in the society.

The Cognitive theory is used to identify the social problem of the movies and analyse the basic human needs. The descriptive study analyses the movie concepts in the name of modernity which affects and forgets the traditional relationships and abuses the characters through cool and sarcastic comedies. Present filmmakers have to learn lessons from the elders to explore the gender equality without spoiling a character’s dignity and relationship values.

Keywords: Cinema, Tamil Movies, Culture, Romance, Harassment, Society.

Introduction

Cinema is all about an illusion which is the filmic narrative to explore the 'reality' through selected visuals and audios, which is used as a medium to expresses different aspects of life in society. It indirectly serves as a means for the uplift of a society by setting aside all its defects and drawbacks by the development of scientific technology and skills involved in it and made changes from periods of time. The creative caption, the attractive theme, the excellence of the action, part of actors and actresses, the dialogue, the songs and music, and the photography, etc., inspire the mass audience without any caste, colour, and creed and language disparities. The cinema helps us to educate and entertain the audience. Prominently communication process is used for the evolution of Indian cinema.

The third decade of the twenty-first century has an opportunity to explore the different themes and emerging new trends within Tamil cinema. Tamil cinema faces many criticism because the controversies and the dominance, identity of transformations to determine the impact of tremendous changes in film industry. The earliest forms of structural and societal problems like class, caste, gender, urban and rural, locality, regional and national, political affiliation and ethnicity were the stereotypes in Tamil Cinema (Selvaraj Velayutham and Vijay Devadas 2021).

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Dr. S. Nandakumar
Professor and Head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu- 636 011, India
nandakumar.su@gmail.com
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Ms. J. R. Jenitha
Research Scholar (Corresponding Author)
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu-636 011, India
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