Latest Stories of Amrita Tripathi
Transgender Artist Rudrani Chettri On The Last Color And Working With Neena Gupta And Aqsa Siddique
Amrita Tripathi
| Friday, January 29, 2021, 20:04 [IST]
I recently watched Vikas Khanna's The Last Color, this was a movie which highlighted the exclusion of widows from social gatherings and festivals -Holi to be specific in this case. The movie was also a quite realistic depiction of how ...
Paava Kadhaigal: Exercise In Scandalising A Complacent Audience By Appropriating Trauma
Amrita Tripathi
| Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 16:12 [IST]
I recently watched the much talked about series Paava Kadhaigal (Stories of Sin) on Netflix. The anthology with four stories is directed by Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Vignesh Shivam and Vetri Maaran. I got interested in the series after learning that ...
Charlize Theron Starrer North Country on Netflix is A Powerful Depiction Of Sexual Harassment At Workplace
Amrita Tripathi
| Saturday, January 09, 2021, 19:00 [IST]
Sexual harassment is a pervasive issue for women. From their homes, to commute, and even in their workplaces, they face some degree of risk of sexual abuse. Personal lives and spaces are a lot more difficult to regulate, but workplaces ...
Pati Patni Aur Panga Review: Pati, Cis Projection Aur Transphobia In This Adah Sharma Web Series
Amrita Tripathi
| Saturday, December 12, 2020, 17:54 [IST]
Following at the heels of Laxmii, that cringe-inducing misrepresentation of transgender people, the new web series Pati Patni Aur Panga is yet another problematic portrayal of trans persons. In this web series, Adah Sharma, a cis actress plays a transwoman. All ...
Elliot Page Comes Out As Trans - What You Should Know About Supporting Trans Persons Who Have Just Come Out
Amrita Tripathi
| Wednesday, December 09, 2020, 14:05 [IST]
The year 2020 has been anything but pleasant. With COVID-19 majorly amplifying the general state of pandemonium and depression the world seems to be in these days, with the world all gradually coming to term with the fact that this ...
Laxmmi Bomb – In Which The Real Horror Is The Superficial Depiction Of Trans Lives
Amrita Tripathi
| Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 13:18 [IST]
The trailer of Laxmmi Bomb, a 'horror-comedy' movie starring Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani, is set to release on 9 November 2020 on Disney+ Hotstar. A remake of Tamil film Kanchana, directed by Raghava Lawrence who is also directing the Hindi ...