This study aims to examine how women use their cultural setting and social background to navigate their lives within their oppressive settings, further exploring women’s ability to cope with patriarchy, which is either by following or by bending the rules, in the direction of their favour as an attempt to survive patriarchy. Two Hindi movies entitled Dor and Parched with the similar setting of Rajasthan, India has been used to execute this study. The approach used in this study is the Feminist Postmodern theory and through its perspectives, this study explores women’s choices and experiences in surviving the patriarchal ordeal. Both movies depict the life of women who are bound to house chores and are oppressed by their own family members in the name of culture and tradition. Both movies ended with the women going against the tradition in order to end the suffering in their lives. Hence, it is hoped that this study will bring awareness to both males and females who subjugate women. Moreover, it is hoped that readers would see that women can actually have a say and are able to break free from their misery should they have the courage and proper support.
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To Cite this Article: Ismail, N. M., & Roy, S. S. (2019). Behind the Veil: Freedom of Choices in ‘Dor’ and ‘Parched.’ International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(3), 736–745.
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