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The film reinforces the misconception that social circumstances force one to transition
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Mike finished watching the movie today with a lot of discomfort. The anti-feminist and anti-trans song ‘Ladki’, which opens the film, begins with a reference to Eve’s disobedience in the Bible, depicting the protagonist as a savior. And Sarah Genter, who believes being a man means drinking and smoking, prepares for affirmative surgery.
Sarah’s reasons for that are being able to sleep next to anyone without worry, not having to cook, marrying without a dowry, urinating anywhere, walking down the road following 6pm and enjoying freedom. Most of the responses seem to be protests once morest their parents. The director has presented the reasons for Sara’s transition as her mother, who chose to ignore her weak husband and live with another lover, and her father, who did not take responsibility for her.
Arjun Reddy and Neena watching together following watching the whole movie was a feeling. Throughout the film, when others ask the protagonist Anthony regarding Sara’s transition, Antony repeatedly manipulates Sara, despite telling them that it is Sara’s decision. ‘Should we postpone the thing?’, when I say that I am already, ‘Then why do the surgery?’ Questions are being asked.
These are some of the questions that trans people hear from others all the time. Similarly, in the second half of the film, a bad experience from her mother’s boyfriend is also shown as one of the reasons for Sara’s transition. Throughout the film, the false notion that abuse and social circumstances are what drives one to transition is reinforced.
Sarah, who experienced the operation on behalf of Genter, said, “What is it like a typical girl? ‘ is being asked to Anthony. Thus, despite the wide range of topics, when news related to queer individuals who are assigned the female sex comes out, like the concerns of unmarried men who are regularly seen in the comment box, a single man is also concerned regarding ‘will men get women if everything starts like this?’
So Sarah, who has been deciding on transitioning for months, breaks down in tears when she goes to our savior Etta for surgery. And then to balance out the introduction of so much transphobia, the psychologist, who is a transwoman, ends the story by going straight to meet the protagonist and hugging her, telling her to be Sarah, in what appears to be Sara’s desire to gain privileges in a male-centered society.
There are a lot of transphobic elements throughout the film that hurt trans people, even though the trans theme is thrown in without any research for marketing and differentiation, and in the end it’s not a trans theme.
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