In the movie, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (OK OK), the hero, Udhayanidhi Stalin repeatedly stalks Hansika to gain her love. The movie portrays as if the heroine is just playing hard to get and if the hero persists enough he will get her. This is where Tamil films completely ignore the concept of consent. We all must have heard the phrase, No means NO. But according to Tamil films, No means, she wants to say YES, but is lying. Also, they show Hansika as this arrogant and irritant woman for refusing the hero’s proposal. They constantly make fun of her, even harass her at her workplace and say all that is okay because the hero is doing it ‘just for fun.’ What kind of signal does this send out to the easily impressionable guys out there?

 

Ambikapathy (Raanjhanaa) starring Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor, saw blatant glorification of stalking. Dhanush stalks his crush Sonam Kapoor everywhere and even cuts his hand when he faces rejection from Sonam. Later he even ruins her wedding by gatecrashing it and reveals her fiance’s secret to Sonam’s family.

In the Arya and Nayanthara starrer, Boss Engira Baskaran, Arya has arrears and no job but falls in love with Nayanthara, a college professor. He follows her everywhere to make her fall in love with him, the ‘Boss.’ In this movie too the heroine is portrayed as a person who thinks too much of herself, for she did not accept the hero’s advances.

 

In the Vijay film Thirumalai, Jyothika wishes Vijay randomly on the road on New Years Eve. Vijay feels that she is his lucky charm and falls in love with her. He then stalks her despite her repeated warnings not to do so. The hero continues to taunt her and refers to her as a person who is ‘too proud’ until she reciprocates.

 

Also Read: 7 Women Open Up About Their Horror With Stalkers!

 

These kind of movies are immensely popular among the B and C centers, and that is why we keep seeing such movies being made. For example, take the movie, Trisha Illana Nayanthara. The movie worked so well that GV Prakash made another movie on the same lines called, Ennaku Ennoru Per Erukku.