The fact that the plot needs the victim’s gratefulness to move forward is a gross stroke to Delhi Police’s ego.Įven as propaganda, the creator can definitely take points from Namo TV as there are frequent mentions of a similar ‘ beer bottle rape case‘ that did not get the same coverage. I’m so happy you’re handling my case.” ( Episode 5). A particularly distasteful scene shows the victim thanking the DCP for taking up the case, “I know who you are. Especially because the plot never follows how the victim or her family is dealing with these injuries but only focuses on how DCP Vartika Chaturvedi (Shefali Shah) responds to them.
The camera never follows the victims inside the bus and there are no visual re-enactments of rape but they frequently describe the victim’s medical injuries which are quite telling of the brutal violence she was subjected to. The voiceover at the beginning of the show says that “prevention is nearly impossible” but the truth is that the crime could have been prevented if the police had stopped the bus as it was roaming in UNLICENSED HOURS AND TINTED WINDOWS. I found the film extremely triggering but a sincere attempt to unpack the prevalent rape culture in India.
We will see how the film can be stopped abroad too.” Despite the ban, the film is available on Youtube and other streaming sites. India’s Daughter was banned by the Indian government and parliamentary affairs minister, M Venkaiah Naidu, said, “ This is an international conspiracy to defame India. Another important question to ask then is “What does this show tell us that we don’t already know?” In Comparison to India’s Daughter
These two films try to delve into the prevalent rape culture in India and its connections to caste and class hierarchies. In cinema, a BBC documentary, India’s Daughter(2015) and a film called The Anatomy of Violence(2016) was released. There exist multiple dramatised retellings of this incident. The attack triggered widespread protests across the country and Delhi began to be called the ‘Rape Capital’ of India. In December 2012, six men violently gang-raped and tortured 23-year old Jyoti Singh Pandey and beat up her male friend on a moving bus in New Delhi.