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%T India of the 1970s and Gulzar’s Construction of Gender: Aandhi as a Case for Indian Women %A Chamola, Deeksha %J Media Watch %N 3 %P 751-761 %V 10 %D 2019 %K Aandhi; gender; Gulzar; India cinema; Hindi cinema %@ 0976-0911 %X This paper examines the social construction of gender by Gulzar in the film Aandhi and maps it with the cultural and socio-political changes that took place in the country during that era. Aandhi is the first Hindi film that narrates the dilemma of a modern woman politician - a space largely occupied by men. Gulzar went against the norms of film making in the seventies and directed a film based on woman politician which broke certain gender stereotypes. Aarti, the female protagonist in the film, wishes to have everything in life at her whims and fancies. She is a non-conformist. She challenges the norms set by society and refuses to become a sandwich between her father’s selfish ambitions and husband’s patriarchal needs. %C MISC %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info