The film revolves around the homosexual relationship between an artist and a graphic designer with a rightwing magazine. A subplot involves a Muslim woman who fights harassment against women at the workplace as well as orthodoxy within the Muslim community. Needless to say, neither of them has it easy.
Ka Bodyscapes (2016)
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Ka Bodyscapes (2016) – a new feature film written and directed by Jayan Cherian, set in Kerala, India. Misogyny and homophobia have touched new heights in this ageing, middle-class dominated society where growing Hindu right-wing mobilization and predatory economic growth now erode both civil liberties and labor rights. In this bleak socialscape, three young people, Haris, a free-spirited gay painter; Vishnu, a rural kabaddi player and Haris’ object of desire; and their friend Sia, an activist who refuses to conform to dominant norms of femininity, struggle to find space and happiness. The film explores their quest for freedom and rebellion.
Three young people, Haris, a gay painter; Vishnu, a rural kabaddi player, and their friend Sia, an activist who refuse to conform to dominant norms of femininity, struggle to find space and happiness in a conservative Indian City.
Haris, a talented but struggling painter, prepares for his first solo exhibition, he persuades Vishnu, the object of his desire, to join him in the city. Vishnu is fully within the grip of his conservative Hindu family, which limits his choices. But he joins Haris and stays with him in his tiny rented apartment as a reluctant yet willing lover and model. Sia, a white-collar worker in an export firm, struggles both at home and at work. At home, she battles the misogynist restrictions, her conservative Muslim relatives impose on her, at work, she questions the violent and humiliating labor controls, and the dehumanizing surveillance and she protest against the misogynist punishments meted out to menstruating women workers. Each of these defiant acts provokes severe punishment and for these young people, it marks the entry into adulthood in a challenging world.
