• Amith David

Abstract: Malayalam movies from the beginning itself had some strong women characters.The popular films however at the same time had women portrayed as submissive and subjugated. Post liberalisation Malayali women had become more empowered but films still has rarely tried to portray this. Renjith is a popular and critically acclaimed director in contemporary Malayalam cinema. This paper is an attempt to look into the gender construct in the movies of Renjith. Popular reading of women portrayed in his movies is that they are independent in thought and action. A close analysis reveals it is not so. Five movies directed by Renjith is taken and by analysing these movies it is attempted to situate find the female protagonists of these movies fall within a patriarchal discourse defined by the traditional, social, gender sexual identities that characterises the south Indian cinema language.

Gender construct, male gaze, patriarchy, Renjith

"Directing gender: male female dichotomy (the gender binary) in the movies of renjith", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.d639-d642, June-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106497.pdf

"Directing gender: male female dichotomy (the gender binary) in the movies of renjith", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no. ppd639-d642, June-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106497.pdf