About the Book: Male Gaze Redefined: Through Mother India and Other Classics of
Indian Cinema
The author looks at women from the male perspective through the lens of a male
director. The films this author has chosen to study from the point of the male
gaze are Mehboobs Mother India, Ritwik Ghataks Meghe Dhaka Tara, Satyajit Rays
Mahanagar, Vijay Anands Guide, Gulzars Aandhi, Shyam Benegals Zubeida, Buddhadev
Dasguptas Andhi Gali (Hindi) and Mrinal Sens Ek Din Pratidin, among others. A
study of the respective oeuvres of these directors shows that this defiance of
stereotype is not necessarily deliberate and conscious but is often traced back
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