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@article{182206,
        author = {Amartya Chakravarty},
        title = {From Helpers to Heroines: The role of female protagonists in political thrillers- A Comparative Study of Raazi (2018) and Article 370 (2024)},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {2},
        pages = {1406-1413},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=182206},
        abstract = {This paper talks titled “From Helpers to Heroines: The Role of Women as Protagonists in Political Thrillers – A Comparative Study of Raazi (2018) and Article 370 (2024)” attempts to determine the agency of female protagonists, the portrayal of national security concerns, internal moral conflicts and decision making from the perspective of said female protagonists. It also looks to determine how movies use real-world geopolitical events and national security narratives to frame the ideological positioning of the movie. This Paper uses Article 370 (2024) and Raazi (2018) as samples to test the research objectives of the paper. It uses research methodologies such as Discourse Analysis and Comparative Analysis to on select scenes and sequences from the samples to determine the success and failure of the research objectives, as well as to investigate the similarities and differences between the two samples in relation to the research objectives. This paper’s findings can be used to understand how the theme and messaging of a movie align with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 5, i.e. Gender Equality, to show how a movie frames Women Empowerment.},
        keywords = {Agency, National Security, Moral Conflicts, Framing, Geopolitical Events, Terrorism, Kashmir},
        month = {July},
        }