Rebellion from Outside the Margins
Representation of de-notified tribe and Questions of Identity in Fandry (2013)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12713841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rutuja Deshmukh (SIMC, Pune, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-75 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asian Popular Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-6689 • E-ISSN: 1474-6697 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14746689.2023.2175475 |
| OpenAlex | W4321494859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Fandry (2013) is the first feature film written and directed by Nagraj Manjule. The film received a national award for the best debut director and several accolades in national and international film festivals. This paper offers introductory remarks on the representation of the de-notified tribe- Kaikadi in the film Fandry (2013). It starts with the observation about the social location of de-notified tribes and stigmatization around these communities and how Fandry as a film becomes a vehicle of resistance and formation of defiant identity. I also offer a critical reading of contemporary scholarship on Fandry, which overlooks the de-notified tribe identity and appropriates the struggle in the film with the larger Dalit struggle and caste issues. While the Dalit framework forms the background of the film, I argue that Manjule, through his film Fandry, is asserting personhood by bringing in lived experiences in his cinematic narrative
Aesthetics · Art · Caste · Identity (music · Literature · Narrative · Personhood · Political science · Reading (process · Representation (politics · Resistance (ecology · Scholarship · Sociology · Tribe · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |