TollywoodTelugu cinema has romanticised rape and sexual harassment for years, but 'W/O Ram' recognises the truth about sexual violence that we don't acknowledge.Krishna Sripada*Spoilers ahead He waves his wife goodbye, a man beyond middle-age, and then opens another door within which an adolescent girl implores him, receding away from him. A couple of seconds later, it dawns on a cringing audience that it is her uncle who rapes her regularly. A few seconds later, he is in the hospital, in a critical condition, asking her for forgiveness. The adolescent niece reveals to him that it was she who had ensured that he slipped in the bathroom. This dimension in the recently released Telugu film W/O Ram, adds an interesting touch to the story, explaining the characterisation of the lead, Deeksha (Lakshmi Manchu). In W/O Ram, Deeksha is a seemingly innocent woman, looking for clues behind her husband’s death.
- 7/25/2018
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
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