• Dr.Jayashree Premkumar Shet

Cinema has been playing a vital role in forming and framing the society. It sheds light on our lives, provides catharsis from the mundane life and opens our eyes if and only we have an open mind. Cinema ought to have shaped billions of Indians since India has been one of the top five largest film Industries in the world. But unfortunately, though much attention has been drawn to the lack of diversity in Bollywood, Tollywood, Gollywood, or Mollywood many minority groups including women, still lack equal opportunities in the film industry. The number of Female characters decline far below proportionality. This study looks at the representation of women in one of the top-Emotional Family-Drama Malayalam movies directed by G. Premkumar in 1979. Based on background quantitative data as well as a qualitative content analysis, this paper found that portrayals of women are much more positive in the movie, Sayoojyam and the Director has managed to try his level best to provide equality for women-folk in the film.

Gender, film, representation, women, equality

"Representations of Women in Premkumar’s Film Sayoojyam ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 5, page no.675-681, May 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2005408.pdf

"Representations of Women in Premkumar’s Film Sayoojyam ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 5, page no. pp675-681, May 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2005408.pdf