SIAMESE TWINS OF FEMALE APATHY AND MALE CHAUVINISM
Harri Holkeri, the Finnish state sman, declared with sapience: “Men and women have roles– their roles are different, but their rights are equal.” In patriarchal and chauvinistic families though, women are made to assume subservient roles and afforded subordinate rights...often not only by men, but also other women, given prevalent societal and interpersonal constructs. ಅಮ್ಮಚಿಯೆಂಬ ನೆನಪು ( Ammachi Yemba Nenapu ) is a 2018 Kannada film, which looks into sexist mindsets, gender inequality, male chauvinism and much more. The unfolding of the storyline is akin to the peeling of an onion– while it weaves sub-plots within the narrative, there are several layered perspectives to prevalent norms about female roles and rights. It deals with cross-generational men-women and women-women relationships within joint families. Set in a small village of coastal Karnataka– pristine and picturesque, the locale is a visual treat, as one would imagine– the film provides a ring-side, sneak-...