In India under the caste system, the status of women is comparable to that of untouchables. The deep-rooted culture of male superiority and female inferiority influences the lives of ordinary people in the way of social unspoken rules. Women have always been in a position of being dominated and enslaved, and are regarded as tools for labor and men to vent their desires. Polygamy, child marriage, expensive dowries, and burial of husbands still exist in many places. Men can even kill women because they are dissatisfied with the lack of dowry or lack of dowry.
The story in the film takes place in a desolate and backward village in India. In the local culture, if a girl is an adult, she will be married to someone else. This situation can reduce the burden on the population at home. Just like the traditional thinking, a married daughter is like splashed water and cannot go home casually. This is also a manifestation of the low status of local women in India. It was against this cultural background that Champa returned to the village without authorization, which of course caused a lot of trouble to the people in the village. Faced with this problem, the village held a meeting to discuss countermeasures. At the meeting, the village elders demanded that Champa immediately return to his in-law’s house. What’s more desperate is that in the daily torture and mental torture of life, the oppressed women will unknowingly become insensitive, even Champa, who fled back to her natal home, cried to her mother about being gang raped and abused at her husband’s home. The confused mother still obeyed the instructions of the “Elders’ Corps” and cooperated with dragging her daughter into the car. She watched as her own flesh and blood was sent back to the hell on earth.
The whole movie reveals the tragic status of women in Indian society, such as “a woman who reads will become a bad wife” and “learn how to please your husband, otherwise you will not escape the destiny of being abandoned in the future.” This is a film showing the low status of Indian women, and it is also a film showing the escape of Indian women from the patriarchal society. In this movie, Rani and the other four finally gained freedom and happiness. The ending of the film also showed us the happy ending after the struggle. Any struggle is necessary and worthwhile. In fact, discrimination against women not only occurs in India, but also in many other regions.