‘Ek Villain’ film has been appreciated by masses at
large. The two recent hot actors, Shraddha Kapoor and Siddhartha Malhotra, have
done a fine job with their roles. This romantic-thriller film had love story
like others but with a twist. It had love story of a villain, underlying the
fact that there is good in every person, irrespective of the wrong action
he/she does.
Good idea, great concept but after watching the film,
I feel that there were some anti-feminist factors that the film knowingly or
unknowingly displayed.
Ø The
good or bad you do, comes back to you
Now, the film started with a Villain
falling heads over heels for a chirpy and joyful girl. Even after transforming
into a good guy, this guy knows no peace. Why? Arre because he was a bad guy,
remembers? And he was even cursed by a mother whose child, he murdered in the
beginning of the film.
Ø The
ultimate ‘curse’ has its effect
Talking about curses, the film went
to show that a curse could be fatal. Now, which mother will be so goddess-like
in today’s century to forgive the convict and curse him instead. Vo purane zamane ki baat thi, abke zamane
mein koi normal insaan bhi believe nahin karta, toh ek gunda kaise karega? And,
why does Guru remember only her curse? Being a goon, I am sure he must have
done ample killings.
Ø The
good or bad has to be borne by women
Siddharth and Ritesh both play bad
guys, let us admit that. So, both of their sins have to be paid by their wives?
Isn’t that imposing of the famous Hindu saying, ‘pati ke paap uski patni ko
jhelen padate hain!’ Aisha and Sulochana, both die because their husbands were
doing evil things. Now, why do you need to stereotype this factor instead of
banishing them?
Ø The
ultimate story of good girl falling for bad guy
We have often seen his concept in
Hindi telecoms where a good girl can live with a bad guy and improve him. In
reality and humanly, that is not possible and not practical. How can you fall
for a gangster knowing that his life can be a danger to you too?
Ø Wives
are a thing to posses and not a human to be respected
Ritesh friend who takes him to Meera
road and gives him definition of survival plays a manipulative role in doing
damage to women in general. He slaps and tortures his wife by giving reason,
“hum middle class log frustration nikalne ke liye apni wife ko marate hain.”
Enough said, you know what I mean.
Ø Woman
cannot dominate man
Forming the major crux of the plot,
the film shows a major ego problem in Indian men. They do not like and cannot
tolerate domination by a woman. Ritesh, who is constantly dominated by his
wife, goes on a killing rampage where he kills other women who shout on him. Apparently,
he loves his wife and can bear his domination but not others while other women
were not even dominating him.
Though I enjoyed watching this film, these thoughts
rang into my mind. Films’ being the most effective medium, I thought of
bringing some shackles into light with hope of eradicating them entirely. Do
share your thoughts on this article.
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