Regarding women, the journey has been complex but progressive. While the 80s and 90s often relegated women to angelic mothers or suffering wives (Seema, in films like Aa Rathri ), the new wave has corrected the lens. Films like Take Off (2017) portray a nurse’s resilience, Aami (2018) celebrates the scandalous poet Kamala Das, and Nna Thaan Case Kodu (2022) features a female lawyer who is neither a vamp nor a goddess but a pragmatic professional. However, the industry is also self-critical of its own sexism and lack of safe workspaces, as highlighted by the Justice Hema Committee report.
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