Again and again, my three views were shattered by Indian movies. In the Indian movie “A Thursday” that I recommended before, there is a description that I can never forget.
“From the time you started watching this movie (about 120 minutes to the end of the movie), according to statistics… 8 women have been raped in India.”
It’s so outrageous, and now there is another film of the same type in India, let’s take a look – “Gangubai Kathiawadi”.
The film is about another India, a creepy India.
Gangubai Kathiawadi was born in a family of lawyers in Gujarat, India in 1939, and has been able to receive higher education since childhood.
The love of his parents and his wealthy family made Gangubai spend a carefree teenage period. Gangubai’s dream is to go to Bollywood and become a star.
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But when Gangubai was 16, she fell in love with a scumbag who tricked her into saying that she had a relative working in Bollywood.
She can lead her into Bollywood and become a superstar. The naive Gangubai believed the scumbag’s words and boarded the train to Mumbai with the scumbag.
I thought that my destination would be the long-awaited paradise of Bollywood, but I didn’t think that the destination would be hell.
The scumbag took Gangubai to Kamathipura, Mumbai’s then-famous red-light district, and sold her to a service place for 1,000 rupees.
Although Gangubai also tried her best to resist and try to escape, but every time she was greeted with merciless beatings, Gangubai had to engage in special services.
With her beautiful face and outstanding knowledge, Gangubai quickly became the top card, but she was still oppressed by the proprietress.
At this time, Gangubai already understood that in this place where the strong eat the weak, strength is the only right to speak.
Later, Gangubai met Rahim Lala, the black boss of this place, and by virtue of her friendship with Rahim, she transformed herself into the proprietress here.
There are as many as 5,000-10,000 women engaged in special occupations in this area, and more than 95% of these people are forced to work.
Gangubai, who empathized with him, decided to stay here and fight for legalization of women and special occupation workers, as well as more equal rights…
The film is based on the deeds of Gangubai Kathiawadi, whose name is currently one of the most discussed names on the Internet in India.
The name, which symbolizes the status of the Queen of the Mumbai mafia, represents a female legend who has risen from misery.
In this society talking about sex change, special occupations are very despised.
What’s more, the status of women is inherently low. Although Gangubai has tried his best to save many people and give them freedom.
In order to fight for more rights and interests, after all, too many special industry practitioners are forced, trafficked, and coaxed, and they should be the victims of such incidents.
The law does not punish traffickers and customers, but punishes and humiliates these innocent women.
The movie is more about trying to fight for freedom and equality for these women, even if it can be legalized and the law changed.
But when women sell their bodies, some of the seemingly reasonable and voluntary backsides are still involuntary exploitation and objectification of women.
If you want to break through secular prejudice and don’t want to be viewed by vulgar eyes, it is actually impossible to rely on the law alone.
Needless to say, this movie still has a problem.
But in any case, India needs women like Gangubai and more attention to these vulnerable groups.
After all, wherever a flower blooms, it emits her fragrance. They should all have freedom and equality, and also need to have freedom and equality.
