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Women of Work in Indian Cinema

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Dil Dhadakne Do is a movie where it shows both, the positives, and negatives of the work culture. In this, Ayesha who is born in the elite class of Delhi got forcefully married to a guy in Mumbai who belongs to the same class. The movie shows how difficult it is for Ayesha to work even when she belongs to a literate and educated family. It shows that it just does not take the education and literacy of people to open their minds and accepting the facts that women work and excel too. Their mentality does not let them accept the facts. In the beginning of the movie, when Ayesha is shown in her workplace and introduced using the name of her company which was listed in Forbes. It is an imbalance caused because the society believes in male dominance. It shows how Ayesha’s parents are not that happy with her success, but her brother believes in her and thinks she deserves more respect for her work than what she gets. On the other hand, Kabir finds a below the decks girl name Farah who is the ...

Draco Malfoy : The misunderstood

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“Red hair, and a hand- me- down robe. You must be a Weasley!” This is the infamous line by which Malfoy was portrayed as a snobby, narcissistic wizard who was an ardent classist. His distaste towards Harry and his friends throughout the story makes one believe that he, like his father, is a devotee of the Dark Lord.                    However, it took seven books for Malfoy to realise that he was on the wrong side. His persona and actions do a complete 360 in The Deathly Hallows . He finds himself forcefully on the side of the Dark Lord, as Voldemort threatens the wellbeing of his family. It is seen that he also did not have it in him to kill Dumbledore or give away Harry to the Death Eaters. In the last part Malfoy cried several times to show his human side and how all this was greatly affecting him. In addition to this, Draco only became a Death Eater because his father was one before he was...