Sumithra Prasanna is a documentary filmmaker and writer, currently a doctoral researcher whose work explores media, gender and the politics of representation. You can find her on Instagram: @sumithra.prasanna.
Sumithra Prasanna is a documentary filmmaker and writer, currently a doctoral researcher whose work explores media, gender and the politics of representation. You can find her on Instagram: @sumithra.prasanna.
The problematic representation of women in many recent Telugu blockbusters like Peddi and the Pushpa films have stoked controversy. When mainstream commercial cinema consistently turns the sexualisation of women into entertainment, who should be responsible for the world these images help create? By Sumithra Prasanna