Redefining Masculinity: A Critical Analysis of Pankaj Tripathi’s Cinematic Representations in Contemporary Bollywood

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Redefining Masculinity: A Critical Analysis of Pankaj Tripathi’s Cinematic Representations in Contemporary Bollywood

Ms. Ifa Qazi , Dr. Madhu Pandey

DIP: 18.02.003/20251002

DOI: 10.25215/2455/1002003

Received: April 03, 2025; Revision Received: April 12, 2025; Accepted: April 15, 2025

Abstract

This research seeks to explore the concept of masculinity through Pankaj Tripathi’s character portrayals in Hindi cinemas. His roles redefine traditional masculinity by presenting emotional and empathetic male characters. The analysis was done by examining the dialogues delivered by him in the selected movies Bareilly ki Barfi, Mimi, Stree, and Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl between 2017 to 2021 years’ time period. The study further analysed his dialogues and roles using thematic analysis in which the identified themes were further understood through social learning theory and gender role strain theory. The research was also additionally interpreted through experts to deepen the understanding of the themes and pattern of redefined patterns of masculinity through Bollywood movies.

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The author(s) appreciates all those who participated in the study and helped to facilitate the research process.

The author(s) declared no conflict of interest.

This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Ms. Ifa Qazi @ ifaqazi10gjc@gmail.com

Redefining Masculinity: A Critical Analysis of Pankaj Tripathi’s Cinematic Representations in Contemporary Bollywood

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

DIP: 18.02.003/20251002

DOI: 10.25215/2455/1002003

Published in

Volume 10 Issue 2, April – June, 2025

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