“BOL” BY SHOAIB MANSOOR PORTRAYAL OF THIRD GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA

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1Nadia Anjum, 2 Anila Akbar, 3Faiza Abid, 4Rida Sarfraz, 5Kulsoom Najam

Abstract

This research paper throws spotlight on the difficulties of the transgendered people as portrayed in the cotemporary cinema with special reference to the Pakistani movie Bol. The community behavior with them because of their gender identity is highlighted in Eastern society. Its different aspects are selected to explore the height of the difficulties faced by transgender people in the chosen movie. Discourse analysis is used to establish the rationale of the study. The selected movie is analyzed within the framework of Eastern society as portrayed in the cinema. The role of society is the major cause that creates pessimistic environment in the life of Saifi, who meets tragic death by the hands of his father. In eastern societies due to the lack of awareness and education about transgender, they are badly treated as if they are not even human beings. So the major issues are how the world perceives him in the society, and how he will be accepted in the society? To elucidate the problems of transgender, discriminatory behaviors adopted by the society towards Saifi (a transgender child), the main causes of Saifi’s death and the consequences of his death on other transgender community are discussed in this paper. By employing qualitative research methodology it is revealed thatSaifi is betrothed in a struggle for life; his character is found weak which causes failure to save himself from societal disdain. Actually struggle for survival was a challenging task to show the viewers  other side of a coin in case of transgender’s issues in all over the world.

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