Partition Violence in Pinjar
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Abstract
Pinjardepicts violence done upon womenat the time of the Partition of
India in 1947.Duringthe time ofPartition,women were doubly victimized; they
became victims of both the riots and thepatriarchy.Though independence freed
India, the partition that accosted it made women vulnerable. They were used for
masculine power and were just turned into mere objects. The filmPinjarimpli-
cates the patriarchy to the gendered violence perpetrated through the life of its
protagonist, Puro-turned-Hamida.