Top 8 Films of Anurag Kashyap which Break the Hegemonic Masculinity of Society

1. Dev. D

Dev.D
Dev.D

Paro played by Mahi Gill, a vivacious middle-class girl from Punjab is secretly in love with Dev, played by Abhay Deol, who is also her childhood sweetheart. When Dev comes to India from London to meet her, their love blossoms physically. But when her sexual background comes to his knowledge, he backs off. While trying to find a haven for his dejected self, he encounters Leni played by Kalki Koechlin who became a prostitute after her sex video got leaked. Dev. D is a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Devdas but this contemporary interpretation is gut-wrenching which astounds the mind of the audience by its characters. The film also successfully breaks the taboo attached to prostitution and a woman’s desire.