Hegemonic masculinities in two comic films in Malayalam: Meesa Madhavan e Rajamanikyam
This paper interrogates how the films evoke a specific notion of masculinity, and Model Kits valorise normative male ideals - aggression, violence, and a gendered division of space and labour.Violence and dominance are legitimised and constructed as "natural" of the male "will to power".The paper also evaluates the populist appeal of the film as a