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Abstract
The gender imbalance is evident not only on-screen but behind it also. This paper mainly focuses on the theme of the presence of women in the silver screen. The paper holds that involvement of women in the field of cinema especially in Kerala, is not negligible. In the last few years, the Malayalam film industry has seen a wave of women directors, editors, cinematographers, producers, dubbing artists, singers etc. in addition to actors. Industry associations in general do not sufficiently protect the interests of women professionals. More than 20 women, including top actors, directors, technicians and singers, have united to create the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) in a bid to voice the problems faced by women in the industry and explore ways to address them. The paper further analyses the status of women in the film industry in Kerala using ethics of realism. The paper concludes that equality, if conveyed and attained in this field, would be one of the unequivocal courses to bring forth reversal in the attitude of the society towards women.