With the coming of the love jihad law, the ‘Hindu saviour complex’, similar to ‘white saviour complex’, now seems to legally expand its roots in India.
Sujoy Ghosh's Ahalya is the perfect feminist twist that our classics need in the 21st century, because times may have changed and it's upon us that we change the solutions.
Amol Palekar's movie Anaahat (2003), a Marathi film (Anaahat means Eternity), poses several questions about Niyog Pratha and emphasises on a woman's choice to explore her sexual freedom.
Starring Tilottama Shome and Vivek Gomber, Is Love Enough, Sir? is marketed as a progressive ‘love story’ between a man and his domestic worker that breaks societal barriers.