Represetation of Women and Latika in Slumdog Millionaire

In Slumdog millionaire women and Latika are represented in many different ways for example they are represented as being vulnerable and inferior to men as they don't serve any other purpose in society other than to please the men. Latika herself is presented as the props character type princess and is a damsel in distress and it is Jamal's job to come and rescue her. They are also seen as a reward as she becomes Jamal's prize for going on who wants o be  a millionaire and  his inly reason to go go on it was because f her making her a goal rather tan just a person. The only other woman who are seen within the film are what look like prostitutes who are there again to provide pleasure for the men and serve no other purpose with in the film other than to serve them creating the ideology that women are inferior.




In this scene we see Latika as the prize for Jamal successfully completing who wants to be a millionaire, she is waiting patiently at the train station for him to come and find her. there is a series of close upshots of Jamal and Latika looking into each others eyes and eventually kissing reveal that Jamal 'the hero' has completed his task and has found his 'princess'. in this scene there is slo a wide sot of them both stood on an empt platform which could be symbolic  to represent that they feel as if there is no one else in the room when they are together. The idea that she is  a prize is also shown through the use of costume, she is wearing a bright yellow head scarf with golden buttons attached to it to represent her wealth as a person to Jamal and her beauty. yellow is representative of happiness and hope and by the use of this clever stylistic choice Latika is being represented as Jamals happiness, and now that he has found her he can now be complete. The use of the extreme close ups and slow motion shots we an see the true love and emotion portrayed both characters revealing again she is the prize and the purpose of women are that they are there to please the men.

woman are also presented as second class citerzens and there to provide pleasure for men and entertainment. in the scene where Salim and Javed are seen to e having a party/ gathering there are lot of close up shots and pans o the women body's providing the ale gaze giving off the ideology that these women are here for the purpose of the men and are objects to be looked at he fact that there is no dialogue from these characters and we are not introduced to the as individuals with name it also supports the idea that they are not individuals and are seen as a group and are not worthy enough to be classed as individuals. This supports the representation that women are also inferior to men in all aspects.