Subramanian, Prerna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4922-9159
(2026)
Sometimes, anger is the answer: Geeli Puchhi and the place of Dalit rage.
South Asian Review, 47 (7).
pp. 2-17.
ISSN 0275-9527
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Abstract
This essay explores the affective and spatial relations shaping the cinematic world of the film Geeli Pucchi, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan for the Ajeeb Dastaans anthology on Netflix. I analyze the spatial arrangements and affective economies moving the characters Priya Sharma and Bharti Mondal toward and away from each other. I aim to speak about how rage plays a role in how Bharti negotiates her relationship with Priya, which involves how her righteous rage helps her (a) stand up for herself, (b) have a more progressive imagination and desire friendship/relationship rebelliously (c) recognize how she has to fight for herself versus fighting for Priya’s entitled, caste-enclosed demands of her. This essay is written in solidarity with all those raging Dalit queer folks and women, who generate their rage against the savarna capitalist machine. I will also note how Dalit rage becomes a part of a rebellious mode of and a liberatory vision of life itself which also constitutes of acts of looking out for oneself and one’s community, making one’s place in the world more livable, and pursuing joy in a difficult world, where raging does not always translate to, even as it includes, scenes of visible anger.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dalit political theory | Dalit literature on rage | Self-assertion | Savarna saviour | Space | Effect | Place | Representation | Chronotypes | Emotion |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General) Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Human Rights Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Journalism, News and Media |
| Vol/Issue no. published date: | March 2026 |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Abid Fakhre Alam |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2024 09:59 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2026 11:27 |
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02759527.2024.2339653 |
| URI: | https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/7621 |
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