Rituparno Ghosh’s Films: Portrayal of Subjugation and Sufferings of Women

Abstract

Film is a lens. Through this moving image, history, culture, moral issues, ethics, and beliefs of a society can be measured. This paper investigates women's sufferings, exploitation, their troubles, and their mind set up in patriarchal society by employing feminist and psychoanalytic perspectives. Rituparno Ghosh is an Indian director who portrays women's subjugation in his film. These films are often controversial because of Ghosh's transgressive narratives. Ghosh makes “Bariwali”(2000), "Dahan" (1997), and “Unishe April(1994) films, and they have shared common themes like desolation, women's repressed desire, oppression, marginalization, and mind set up. Ghosh’s films closely scrutinize masculine power over women's feelings and needs. Gender plays an important role in exploring the exploitation in these films. Social expectations, the impact of patriarchal society, and women facing identity crises—these are continuously used in Ghosh’s films, which makes him an auteur director. The outcome of this paper is women's progression from restricted social code