Abstract: Portraying the relationship between man and his deep wild savage self is not an easy task. One of the best representations of this relationship was put forward by William Golding in his novel, Lord of the Flies. Recently, Malayalam cinema also made a contribution to this list, with the movie Jallikattu. This paper explores the popular Malayalam film Jallikattu directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and explores the different messages proffered by the film. It examines the romanticized image of toxic masculinity deeply injected into the viewer’s consciousness by popular mainstream cinema. The paper also probes into the theory of evolution by natural selection and how the theory becomes applicable in the movie. Being true to its role as a representative of Malayalam cinema in the Toronto International Film Festival, Jallikattu bashes the toxic masculinity rooted in our society and becomes a metaphor of the highly competitive world, where men are willing to kill each other for gaining what they want.
Keywords: Buffalo, Animal, Villagers, Civilized, Savage.
Title: The Imperious World of Jallikattu
Author: Seetha P
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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