Author: Zoha Batool Khan
Abstract
This paper analyses a movie from Indian cinema (Haider, dir. Vishal Bhardwaj, 2014) and a movie from Pakistani cinema (Azaadi, dir. Imran Malik, 2018). It compares how these two films depict Kashmiri masculinity and how family trauma compels the protagonists to engage in militancy. It establishes the link in two ways. First, it analyses and compares the natures of the traumas suffered by the two movies’ protagonists. It then studies the impact of the trauma suffered and the changes that it causes to deepen the analysis. This paper aims to fill the existing gap in literature on the portrayal of Kashmiri masculinity in film. It draws fresh attention to, specifically, Kashmiri masculinity’s relation to family trauma and masculinity, through a comparative study of Indian and Pakistani films.
Keywords
Kashmir in Film, Pakistani Cinema, Indian Cinema, Kashmiri Masculinity, Family Trauma
