Sarees on Screen
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Saucy Deep Dives: Verna
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger Warning: Discussions of sexual assault, r*pe, victim shaming, honor killing, and other forms of sexual violence and abuse. For anyone who ma...
South Asian Perspectives on Purity/R*pe Culture
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger Warning: Discussions of sexual assault, r*pe, victim shaming, honor killing, and other forms of sexual violence and abuse. For anyone who ma...
Behind The Screen: Introductions, Movies & Podcasting
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On our very first “behind-the-screen” bonus episode, we talk movies, podcasting, and how we became friends in the first place despite hating almos...
Saucy Deep Dives: Mohabbatein
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our latest Saucy Deep Dive, we chose the early 2000s classic Mohabbatein starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. I...
The Glorification of Non-Consent in Cinema
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger warning: In this episode, we will be discussing issues such as stalking, voyeurism, r*pe, sexual harassment, assault, self-harm, and Islamopho...
Saucy Deep Dives: Funny Boy
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our latest Saucy Deep Dive, we picked Funny Boy, a movie adapted by Deepa Mehta (an Indo-Canadian director) based on Shyam Selvadurai's 1994 ...
Queer Media: Bollywood and Beyond
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been really encouraging to see increasing representations of queerness in our mainstream media. As grateful as we are as queer folk to have que...
Saucy Deep Dives: Third Person Singular Number ft. Raidahcal
10 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are thrilled to be watching and discussing a Bangladeshi favorite Third Person Singular Number made by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki - on...
Sex and Sexuality in South Asian Media
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Open conversations around sex and sexuality continue to be taboo in our society, but it’s been great to see a segment of people start to chip away a...
Saucy Deep Dives: Khabi Khushi Khabie Gham
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, we watched Khabi Khushi Khabie Gham, the iconic Karan Johar movie that shaped Y2K culture in South Asia. It has a special place in o...
Modern Feminist Narratives in Bollywood
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first ever episode, we tackle how pop culture and mainstream media in Bollywood portray women and marginalized characters. To contextualize ou...
Sarees On Screen: Trailer
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Discussions about social issues in South Asia are often limited by stigmatization and the lack of accessible vocabulary, especially, when tackling pro...