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Project 39A is a criminal justice organisation based out of National Law University, Delhi, which provides pro-bono legal representation and engages in research on a variety of criminal justice issues.
The 39A Podcast is our endeavour to make contemporary issues in criminal justice accessible.
In the second episode of the 39A Podcast, we interview film critic and journalist, Tanul Thakur who discusses Bollywood’s depiction of law and justice.
They discuss the idea of the justice system as represented in mainstream Hindi cinema – what the ‘system’ means to people and who is seen as part of it. We discuss how ‘justice’ plays out in Bollywood. How different is it from legal justice?
Finally, they discuss the larger impact of commonly used visual narratives and the contemporary social discourse that it seems to reflect.
Works that aided research for this episode:
- ‘Vigilantism and Mob Justice Are Glorified by Bollywood and That Is a Big Problem’ (The Wire) by Anushka Shah
- ‘Portrayal of Police Torture In Hindi Films and Television Serials and its impact on Children’ (CEHAT & CVICT) by Kiran Shaheen
- ‘The politics of India’s conventional cinema’ (1999) by Fareed Kazmi
Team
- Producer: Priya Naresh
- Technical Assistance: Baldev Singh
Tune in to the second episode on SoundCloud, iTunes, or listen on YouTube.
Contact
E-mail: p39a[at]nludelhi.ac.in
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