Movie Ad Poster ‘Tiias Akti Nodir Nam’ (directed by Ritwik Ghatak) – A stark portrayal of women’s perennial struggle for survival in Bengal's riverine settlements
It’s a curse to be born a woman. Yet ”One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”, once Simone de Beauvoir echoed. No eye bows are raised if the struggling illiterate parents marry off theirs ‘not yet come of age’ daughters to face the unknown outside world. The Ad of the movie ‘Titas Akti Nadir Nam’ successfully portrays the insensitivity of the society towards fairer sex ravaged by unwelcome events beyond their control. In the image frame, the dominant brush colour is depressingly pinkish-white with black as the contrast. The twin colours do reflect a future of despair. The image prominently shows the face of a young rustic woman. The anguish is distinctly visible on her face, reflects nothing but gloom. The tears rolling down on one of her cheeks, warn of an impending calamity. The wrinkled eyebrows and the anguish on her forehead tell her own story to the viewers. How far readers would agree with me that the portray reflects a universal struggle of the fairer sex since the