A thoughtful piece on ‘Chak De India’s’ relevance to Indian feminism.
“Chak De India†is a fairy tale. A fairy tale that needed to be told in India at this juncture through the powerful medium of popular cinema where seeds of “Indian woman — believe in thyself†is being sowed by none other than Bollywood’s King Khan.
The author reminds us of the recent research on the empowering effects of TV, and suggests that this film could produce similar results.
TV images, celluloid dreams, whatever. What this country or region needs is a determined war cry like “Chak Deâ€. And so be it if it can be inspired by the region’s biggest obsession: Bollywood .
