wl-1096-Hegemony of the Visual: Question of Disability, Inclusivity, and Justice in Neru

The Malayalam movie, Neru (2023), directed by Jeethu Joseph, is a suspenseful courtroom drama that can be read as a cultural text engaging with contemporary The Malayalam movie, Neru (2023), directed by Jeethu Joseph, is a suspenseful courtroom drama that can be read as a cultural text engaging with contemporary values and discourses. Beyond its legal intrigue, Neru critiques the judicial system’s conventions of exclusion, highlighting its bias towards visual and auditory evidence while neglecting tactile and olfactory perception. Society normalises sight and hearing as “abilities,” labelling those without them as “disabled,” reinforcing systemic exclusion.