Reflection of Patriarchy and Community Honour in the Film Savari- Love Beyond Gender
Author : Dr. Vijay Chaudhari
Abstract :
This paper describes how customs, traditions, and local social norms shape the narrative and impact of the film Savari – Love Beyond Gender, a rural drama in which a native villager Bhavar from Rajasthan is married to a third-gender person (Savari) through deception or arrangement. The film functions as a lens on rural patriarchy, community honor, and the ambivalent position of third-gender people in everyday religious and social life. Using the context in film textual analysis combined with legal and sociological literature on the third gender in India, the paper argues that the film
- Exposes the tensions between customary marriage norms and emerging rights/identities,
- Reveals how rituals, patriarchy and kinship obligations are mobilized to accept or ostracize difference, and
- Suggests that cultural performance (hospitality, secrecy, ritual inclusion/exclusion) both reproduces and can subvert stigma
Keywords :
Patriarchy, Community Honour, Third Gender, Savari.
