Rape victims in Tamil cinema typically are
either murdered or they kill themselves. The
third and probably worst scenario is that
they get married off to the rapist. But none
of these things happened to Saritha’s
character in Netrikan. She is a victim of
rape but she fights back against her powerful
antagonist (played brilliantly by Rajinikanth)
and wins her dignity back. Netrikan was a
bravura film!
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