Ajji (Granny): Symbolic Stories and Primal Scene in Rape and Revenge Indian Film Narrative
Abstract
This study analyzes the Indian rape and revenge film Ajji (Devashish Makhija, 2017), and its relationship with the unconscious mind. Its objectives are to identify the unconscious story axes to know if it may be categorized as a symbolic story, from the perspective of the theory of the story, and the hypothesis of a “mother figure aggressor” type of primal scene, as formulated by González Requena. To this end we have used a mixed qualitative-quantitative approach, combining content analysis of the film, as well as of four other films of the same genre released in India on the same year as Ajji, and an interview with the director of the film as well as a revision of other interviews with him. The results of the present study confirm that Ajji cannot be considered a symbolic story, and it shows a “mother figure aggressor” type of primal scene.
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