It allows her to take control of her situation and put an end to the violence she faces at home every day.Ī post shared by Divya Dutta 5 Netflix India shows to look forward to Sleeping Partner breaks away from that narrative and allows its lead character to go after what she wants. The wife is seen as someone who is responsible to satisfy her husband in every way possible. India and Pakistan are countries where marital rape is almost never spoken about. Dutta’s character is also not afraid to file an FIR against her husband who rapes her every other day.

Addressing the importance of women’s sex drive and their partner’s inability to satisfy their sexual needs, the film allows for its protagonist to explore her sexual wants and indulge in activities which give her pleasure.

Dutta plays the role of Sanjay Kapoor’s wife, a man who clearly thinks that his wife is capable of very little. Starring Divya Dutta in the lead, Sleeping Partner is perhaps the bravest narrative that the collection has to offer. Marital rape, blackmail, harassment, unpaid labour, are some of the themes explored in Zindagi In Short. While all seven shorts are worth watching, here are the ones we would definitely recommend: Each film shows a different struggle which women face in their everyday lives. One of the shows to be trending in Pakistan on Netflix is India’s collection of short films, Zindagi In Short. Featuring seven different narratives each of which is less than 30 minutes long, the recently released show on Netflix tells stories of women who learn to take control of their lives. With Pakistan having very little representation on Netflix, our audiences are able to relate to content from Bollywood given that our languages and cultures are quite similar to one another. KARACHI: If one looks at the ‘Top 10 in Pakistan Today’ list on Netflix, Indian films and shows make up for a majority of that list.

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