Fragmented Bodies, Reconstructed Identities

Globalization, technological advancement, and evolving social norms are transforming individuals' perceptions of their identities.Societal conventions, which frequently contradict the lived reality of LGBTQ people, enforce heteronormativity, suffocating personal gender transition and self-expression in their life.Societal changes are often mirrored in films, providing the audience with a framework to recognize self-identity, self-acceptance, and emotional bonds.Additionally, it addresses the invisibility of queer identities in the contemporary global context.Films Lisa Frankenstein (2024) and Thittam Irandu (2021) are analyzed to examine identity and the acceptance of existence through diverse cultural and narrative perspectives.Hollywood film, Lisa Frankenstein, employs humor and gothic romance to explore identity reconstruction.Thittam Irandu, kollywood film interrogates identity transformation through the lens of mystery, gender, and social expectations by analyzing the cultural and narrative techniques of cross-cultural films.The study illustrates the challenges of self-understanding in the context of societal constraints, highlighting the gender fluidity and multifaceted nature of identity.Eventually, the research demonstrates how these films facilitate individuals in discovering their identities and achieving acceptance in a rapidly evolving world.