Gender Representation and the Depiction of Violence in Hindi Web Series

Abstract

Films are considered the mirror of society. Whatever is happening in society, the director shows it through films. With the change in society, the subjects of films have also changed, and the way of depicting those subjects has also changed. When there was hunger and poverty in society, the war between the rich and the poor was shown in Indian films. When crime increased, films based on the underworld emerged. However, after the advent of web series, crime started being shown in films in a disgusting manner. With this, the need for the presented research was felt. We conducted a content analysis of the selected web series to determine the violence depicted in the film in the digital age. The results indicate that when masculine characters are portrayed as strong and independent, only firearms are used to depict violence. When female characters are portrayed as strong and independent, only firearms are used to convey violence. In a web series in which female characters are portrayed as law enforcement officers, both a dagger and a gun are used to depict violence.