Reverse Male gaze: A New Term I have long been fascinated by Laura Mulvey’s male gaze theory , first introduced in her 1975 essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema . This fascination encouraged me to write my first article, which I presented at Madras Christian College. Building on that experience, I was fortunate to receive another opportunity this month to present a paper at Quaid-E-Millath Government College for Women , where the central theme was gender and cinema . For the conference, I submitted my paper titled “Beyond the Screen: Has the Male Gaze Lost Its Power in Modern Tamil Cinema and Society?” Presenting at a new institution was both enriching and enjoyable. As my professor, Dr. Samuel Rufus , often reminds us, academic work can also become memorable journeys, and this day truly proved it. Alongside my friends— Harish, Prakalya, Nivedha, Amy Christina, Amy Davinia, and Sivasankari—I turned the occasion into a lively one-day trip. Since it was planned in advance, w...