Secret Superstar: A true reflection of our societal stereotypes

“Secret Superstar” a film that the nation is going gaga over is a story of any other Indian girl whose life has no real celebration, whose life has no purpose, the only one being satiating her husband in every possible means!
Don’t we have abundance of “Inziyas” around the society? They are the girls whose birth isn’t anticipated much, whose self esteem is crippled and crushed, whose wishes and desires die a muffled death. And these are initiated at the hands of their own kith and kin!
The film revolves around a young girl’s sole aspiration of becoming a renowned singing sensation, that gets brutally trampled by the male chauvinist ego of her father; a father who believes in acting as an autocratic force of power in the entire household; a father who bashes his wife at the drop of a hat; a father who becomes the flag bearer of extreme favoritism towards the male child. The film is Inziya’s single handed struggle to fulfill her dream and also free her mother from her perpetrating partner! On one hand Inziya has a tyrant as her father, on the other hand, she has some strong male counterparts like her brother Guddu, her best friend Chintan and the otherwise obnoxiously upstart music director, Shakti Kumar, portrayed by none other than the cinematic genius called Aamir Khan, who support her unconditionally at every single step.
However the person who needs to be celebrated the utmost is, Najma, Inziya’s Ammi who evolves from being a helpless wife to a head strong mother, and leaves no stones unturned to see her daughter reach the skies!
It’s rightly said, a woman’s power should never be questioned, for it reaches a magnanimous force when it comes to protecting her children; she gives up on her settled conjugal life to pursue her daughter’s dream; the gleam in her eyes thus becomes evident and flows down as uncontrollable tears of joy to see her daughter live her dreams!

“Secret Superstar” is about all those anonymous girls/women who die a slow death within the four walls of their so called “secured” homes, irrespective of their educational pursuits, irrespective of their societal status, irrespective of how vociferous they deem to be, in their pursuit of happiness which again isn’t theirs own, it’s their families’.

“Secret Superstar” may pave the way to many such unfulfilled aspirations but bringing about a societal transformation is something that time will have to witness!

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