The placement of Tamil women within the context of unruly, brazen and proactive reinforces the ideas of mainstream misogyny and state violence. Therefore effectively maintaining a woman's capacity within the male gaze of “a suitable woman” tied to gendered norms and expectations.

Neelambari is a vamp. All this irrationality to demonstrate power and boundlessness. At large, this is what makes a great psychopath. Or cinema-antagonist.

Forget the action of kissing or romance; the words like ‘sex’ and ‘kiss’ are prohibited from the household dictionary.

Our response to on-screen images and dialogues holds the potential to eliminate the gaze that essentializes identities.

Tamil songs act as a portal into an alternative universe and cage in images of sexuality often informed by the male gaze. However, the question remains: who do these images leave out?