Breaking the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Stereotype ft. Geeli Pucchi

[@iseedarksideofeverything5233]

*Kate Winslet's* character in *Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind* challenges this concept that she will give meaning in the hero's life in her dialogue, *"Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours."*

[@chihiro-g8d]

Damn 🙌🔥

[@maxwazowski4905]

Exactly the scene that came to my mind

[@meettheartist5506]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is simply beautiful in its own way

[@snehaghosh4132]

Exactly

[@nini-qc1qd]

Also Summer in 500 days of Summer. I could REALLY relate to her.

[@MS-bx5vg]

Hey Swaddle,Great video! I'm glad you are covering stereotypes of women characteristics in cinema. That's amazing! One point though, I would argue that Geet from Jab we met may seem like a Manic Pixie dream girl but in the second half of the movie the audience and Aditya had to face that Geet cannot put up the dreamy bubbly act when her life goes down. And we can see a character shift in both Geet and Aditya. Aditya had to literally shift to the "Manic Pixie dream boy" in order to improve Geet's life. The male lead had already established "success" and it was about furthering Geet's path. I think that's where the movie stands out. Both the male lead and female lead were given enough characteristics to back up each other when they were in a problem.But your other examples were on point!👍

[@swatisaini6447]

💯

[@priyashab2214]

100% agree. I was going to comment something similar but saw you've already put it into words

[@dOVERanalyst]

100% agree. It was Aditya trying to fix Geet's life. Have they even SEEN Jab we Met! You saw Geet forgetting to smile when Anshuman left him. Yet, she HAD on her OWN fixed her life as a teacher. She was alive. She did not go back to the parents. She did not contact Aditya. Aditya was shown in scenes without Geet. And, Geet was shown without Aditya. The whole film was ABOUT GEET'S DREAM of marrying Anshuman. Aditya did not even have any dream. He literally wanted to die. Geet's obsession with getting married was the central focus of the whole film. *Ambition is ambition. It does NOT have to be always about career.* Geet was motivated, passionate, determined to get married to her love. She eloping for her man was the main task, where Aditya was merely helping. He did not matter. He just got brushed off by that confidence and fixed his life after, instead of being a DevDas. The movie was NEVER about Aditya Kashyap. He was a man going to suicide, lost, after a break up, who went on an entire journey trying to fulfill Geet's ambitions.

[@rashmisoni2797]

Agreed🙏🏻

[@sushmitachakraborty5477]

To the point....

[@aditivarshney9901]

A movie that is not given enough credit for breaking the stereotype is Madhuri Dixit's 'Prem granth' In almost all movies, we see the rape survivor is a supporting character of the story and even if the main character is the one that goes through that trauma, most of the time she is assigned a ' knight in the shining armour ' to avenge for her. In this movie we see that the main character not only confronts her past after it is used against her, but she also kills her rapist. Also her love interest is not just a hero. He is prejudiced, sometimes gets his doubts but at the end of the day chooses to support her and stands by her as she confronts her past , herself

[@akhiljayachandran3679]

Yes Character depth for females were missing in bollywood films. But regional films have been showing females with great depth. Especially malayalam cinema where dark skinned female leads are shown.

[@mrtriyja7800]

So what mallus ARE DARK??

[@akhiljayachandran3679]

@@mrtriyja7800 "character depth" was the most important part of my comment. rather than potraying female lead as eye candy.

[@shrishtimalhotra2406]

The director Neeraj Ghaywan himself talks about how he wrote Priya Sharma from 'Geeli Pucchi' as a subversion of the MPDG trope. It's such a phenomenal film that shows you just how many layers there are to each of us.

[@sm5773]

Another observation: the Manic pixie female in the Indian movie context is different from Hollywood. Indian movies either show the female character undergoing a metamorphosis as a result of marriage, life or second half where ultimately she " calms" down. Because the expectation is maturity and sorted. I can only recollect Tumhari Sulu where the female character while nowhere a Manic Pixie , was goofy and fun and at times crazy. I am sure there may be more examples out there.

[@embrace7052]

Rightt

[@devyanibiryani]

I think Geet from Jab we met broke the maniac pixie girl trope before Geeli Puchi. Unlike other imtiaz Ali character she has her story her ambitious . In the first half of the movie it may seem like she is part of the trope but the second half unfoldes we see layers to characters and also consequences. Even in the first half it maybe seem like the classic pixie maniac pixie girl trope but she has more to her. She is not a mystery she is an open book.

[@sanskritibarman4928]

In Tamasha he reverses the trope to manic pixie dream boy for Tara but again the story takes a different turn. I miss old Imtiaz Ali movies 😭😭😭.

[@billybro1403]

@@sanskritibarman4928 Tamasha was damn good man

[@alehawasimat7108]

Geet isnt a manic pixie she's genuinely bubbly and makes bad life decisions due to her naivity, Aditya sees through that and still falls for her. There's no facade of the 'perfect girl' we see in manic pixie dream girl tropes. Her character also develops alot in the second half when she realizes her mistake and we get to see a different more mature version of Geet hence her character isn't one dimensional either

[@xorinrich2525]

True

[@iamBisma]

That's right! From the get go , it was more about geet's story than aditya's .3/4 th of the movie revolves around geet and why she was the way she was.In fact ,the entire movie was dedicated to her transition from an impulsive naive girl to a mature down on the luck woman who gambled her life for a man.

[@nanakisingh3374]

That is because she was not a character built for adityas character development. Rather the movie was more focused on her story..if anything adityas character was made for her character development

[@zany4132]

Becoz the story is about two opposites inspiring and falling for each other....we see both their stories and character development

[@tyrionlannister6847]

Geeli Puuchi shows the true colors of caste infected society and it boundaries are far beyond our thinking.. when Priya finds out konken character was from so called lower caste..she puts her out of zone even though she had feelings on her and the story ending was kind of satisfactory.

[@manasasrinivasan1423]

Can you please tell me the movie ending i never watched it

[@tyrionlannister6847]

@@manasasrinivasan1423 It's good to watch the episode, just 20 or 30 minutes long.. definitely worth your time.

[@whorcruxed]

@@manasasrinivasan1423 that ending is far more naunced to put in words. I highly recommend that you watch it yourself.

[@NileshKumar-nr2vj]

@@manasasrinivasan1423 if only you could put those in words... You should watch it.. Even then if you don't wish not to I will explain

[@manasasrinivasan1423]

@@NileshKumar-nr2vj I will try to watch.

[@sm5773]

Slightly off topic, the best part about Geeli puchi was that it wasn't based on the sexual relation between two female protagonists to satisfy what is coined as the " male gaze". The premise was class difference and so much more and it just happens to be two women ( women bond differently than men).

[@mrtriyja7800]

Yuck 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@bobbymp9372]

@@mrtriyja7800 wdym "yuck"? What's the problem?

[@mcchilde2903]

@@mrtriyja7800 I know right? Male gaze is disgusting.

[@_o6629]

@@mrtriyja7800 ok incel go touch some grass

[@avantikasharma9333]

Jab We Met's Geet is NOT a Manic Pixie Dream girl ...Not every bubbly person, adventurous, romantic person is... She was a well-etched out character and the film actually revolved around her and her growth.... This is undermining women who have this sort of outlook. Infact, Katrina as Laila in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara was more a Manic Pixie Dream girl... Did she have a life beyond hanging out with this group? Deepika as a Trust Fund Party girl in the first half of Cocktail was a MPDG. And even these are arguable.

[@billybro1403]

yeah they were just lumping every bubbly character into the trope

[@hurveeee]

I think people view me as a manic pixie girl ,but when they get to know me ,the understand me from my inner problems as well.I relate so much from Priya's character in Geeli Puchi.

[@Ss-hn5rf]

Phir kya hota hai didi? Wo bhag jate hain ya saath rehte hain? Agar saath rehte hain to kitna time? Kitne long term freinds hain apke? Kya apko mann nhi krta ki aap bhi ek assertive ladki bne? Ya aap already assertive hain when the time demands it? Kya aapko kbhi kisi ne reject kiya hai pixie hone ke liye? Aap kya chahti hain apne life partner mein ki wo kaise type ka ldka ho jo apki lifestyle ko suit kre? :)

[@meettheartist5506]

I always think of Kareena Kapoor's initial stage movies such as Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, or even later movies such as Jab We Met where we have the "manic pixie dream girl" to cater a guy with deep intense personality who doesn't express much but oh well, now he learns how he has to live his life and thanks to the girl who fixed him and his life because he believes _"jo bhi main ban paaya hu, tum se hi"_ (whatever I've become it is because of you) and _"mujhe jeena seekha diya"_ (taught me how to live). Contrary to this, Tamasha hits close to home and says _"darpok hai tu, apni kahaani mujhse puchta hai"_ (you're a coward! Asking your life's story from me) pushing me to discover myself more by myself. I even used to believe a girl will come into my life and will fix everything, from my emotional sensitive character's trouble with other people to my emotional vulnerabilities. I have been a "manic pixie dream boy" all my life, even now I am. But as what this video says, the parts of this trope might match with somebody's personality but not their inner personality and who they really are. At times I'm manic pixie dream boy, at times I'm cynical safe-playing person, at times I'm chronic depressive, and even at times I'm simply a saint/a monk at his peaceful state of mind. I no longer thinks "a girl would fix my life" but surely I desire one to have by my side.

[@dreamersparadise6122]

Somewhere am confused. Is it like women as rehabilitation centre for broken men. If a person's life transforms because of another person then it is like because of that person other person knows how to deal things in life. A person gets to live the life at its fullest because the other person help so, that's a good think. But being extreme is too much. Is this extreme thing called "manic pixie..."?

[@shabeebashams7503]

The character and story of Aditi Rao is exactly how my life has been. The transition from a breath of fresh air to an emotional train wreck. I was her. And just like Priya and geeth I think when this always happy, bubbly manic pixie comes face to face with something we can't accept or a terrible fate, we fall and we fall very deep into an abyss. We completely lose ourselves from our core and doubts our existence. And at times no matter how we try we can't get back to the person we were and it kinda sucks cz we miss the optimism and the joy of life. But it also opens our eyes to such a degree where we really start seeing people through a different lens. Which also sucks cz a part of you feels your innocence have been torn away, which was the essence of all the optimism and true joy.

[@gargi.1999]

I knew Konkona has been a great actress but Aditi has done an incredible job in this movie! 💯

[@priyadarshinibasu5578]

Wonderful episode. The hardwork put into the research and writing is evident.

[@TheSwaddleTV]

😅

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Aditi Rao Hydari and Konkona Sen Sharma were so cool on screen!

[@gale_poot]

I wish they had ended up together even though I know the societal dynamics and internalized shame was piled against them 😞

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@gale_poot I think we all wanted that.

[@rosunrajkumar876]

Geet is NOT a manic pixie. We get to explore her character much more than her just being used to further the man's story. Katrina's character in ZNMD is classic manic pixie. The pretty girl just shows up looking pretty for the man to get his story driven further.

[@zany4132]

Also Kat in Dhoom 3

[@shimpipathak2472]

I would say, this step taken by swaddle is wonderful, but it would be wonderful if you explain these issues in more simpler language and in a language which is understood by many, that would shoe a sense of relevance for people and it would bring ease in understanding such critical issues

[@vaishnavi882]

Jules from EUPHORIA also breaks this stereotype

[@ruchivishwakarma2961]

Oh woah! You have watched Euphoria 😍✨

[@rajnandini5968]

Exactly

[@thethirddoor5480]

Boring series 😴

[@embrace7052]

@@thethirddoor5480 idk abt boring but definitely questionable choice to make the characters 16 when there are so many explicit nude scenes

[@Solararisa]

Yeah, she cheats on Rue multiple times, lol.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Neeraj Ghaywan OP. What a beautiful film ‘Geeli Pucchi’ was!

[@jahnavirai9443]

Wooooow 😍.. don't know about hero's perspective but I just love your perspective on things, teaches me a lot

[@jahnavirai9443]

Got a little ke from blush for the first time ✌️✌️

[@fashionwithsowmya]

But I guess in Jab We Met, Kareena's character was shown through a different lens in the second half. It kind of balanced the situation by bringing her character face to face with reality. What do you think??

[@Krimay.]

.... Wow....im gonna watch geeli pucchi rn, swadddle im sooo soooo happy my cousin sister introduced me to this chnnel. You guys are amazing. AMAZING. I paused the vid and did some research and OMG, youre so so right! The girl is just a stepping stone, a round thing in the chain, meant for the hero to realise to realise tverea more to life and change his perspective!! The guy is the primary focus!!! The manic pixie dream girl is so secondary, and honestly, just there to serve and change the guys perspective!!! Even in khosla ka ghosla yaar!! Sorry in advance because im gonna use this as'my observation in parties hehe, kidding guys... But really, youre my one of the top 5 favorite channels on youtube.... Imma go and give a geeli pucchi to my sis for showing me your channel guys... take care!!

[@saketmalik6488]

this story was a hard slap on the faces of those who thinks , cast doesn't matters , and discriminations against the cast is not in modern 20s .

[@Prabhupadasmoon]

You guys are amazing🤩🤩 this type of content is needed indeed

[@TheSwaddleTV]

❤️

[@gale_poot]

Geeli Puchi was the sweetest thing I saw last year

[@SweetSourPickle]

Always a pleasure watching your videos on topics that are intriguing. I'm glad the algorithm picked up your videos on my feed. 😊

[@shanaya5855]

woww u r really putting forward the real issues that a women or any person in general faces.

[@piyusha3571]

honestly for the audience, just the trait of a character being cheerful should never be the cue to assume it's the manic pixie trope. there are cheerful people irl with suppressed or hidden struggles and complexities.

[@muskaanmahadik2808]

Again loved the video 💘💘💘💘, lots of support swaddle, this channel (within all the hatred ) gives unconditional opinions💕💕

[@TheSwaddleTV]

Thanks, Muskaan 💛

[@Vanessa-ts2xh]

Very nice presentation of the observation

[@snehaghosh4132]

Great video as always Swaddle. I am a big fan of Kankana Sensharma. I will definitely watch "Geeli Puchhi" 😍

[@mrtriyja7800]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@darshanasingh8335]

There is an indie movie called Ruby Sparks that shows a satirical take on this concept. It stars Paul Dano

[@ananyaverma9599]

I'm gonna try this one.

[@nitishkushwaha1173]

Neeraj ghaywan is such a great director, In masaan also he has put both gender and caste beautifully.

[@iampriya_1]

After watching this video, I understand myself better. Thank you so much for this. 🌼✨

[@aestheticicecubes7502]

Jack from Titanic is a manic pixie dream boy

[@jonron3805]

In my humble opinion most of movie goers DO NOT know what a "manic pixie dream girl" is. Sure they may have seen such characters but would not label it as that. As they do not label girls like that stereotyping is out of question.

[@snehapanwar9056]

when anshuman left her it is shahid who put efforts to make geet as bubbly and cheerfull as she was so i think Jab We Met also shows the other sode of a panic pixie girl isn't it ? Jab We Met is my favourate movie ❤ growing up i wanted to be i geet 😅 so i started behaving her my frnds dont even know that there is an another side of my character 😂

[@theworld3259]

"I am not a concept. I am just a fucked up girl looking for my peace of mind." :- Clementine from The Eternal Sunshine on Spotless Mind

[@nax_black1517]

I haven't seen this movie but I think I will now but I will be honest at the beginning I thought it was a yuri I was so happy but when she mentioned the word husband I was so sad but still YURI all the way.

[@aditisinha2614]

I want swaddle team to portray how schools are pressuring children Like I'm in 11 th currently , my term2 syll started from Dec 7th accor to schl ,so in Jan like around 22nd we had our periodic test of 2 chps each subject. After like suddenly we got our term 2 datesheet commencing from22nd Feb, like each subject consist of 10chps and this this short period of time we are mentally tortured to complete our practicals give viva and all other project stuff It's really horrible , we do study daily but how can u expect like this provided with the fact that we are science students it takes a week at least to complete single chp in chemistry and phy and now in such a short span we are asked to do all these stuff. 🤒🤒🤒

[@mrtriyja7800]

It's equal for all students. Not especially for u. So start taking some challenges in life from now atleast.

[@kritikasingh6775]

I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee this channel Always looking forward for the vdeosss❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@muktashukla1806]

How weird that i can relate with both konkan and aditi .

[@consciousinfinity4117]

Nice, awesome video, beautiful video

[@swagatade9372]

Would like to see Bharti Mandal's character analysis too 😊

[@nobel7216]

Also tara from tamasha and geet from rockstar

[@shrutiaggarwal2523]

Amazzinngg!

[@mohammadkabeer7340]

Also piplicka from the married woman is a better example of a manic pixie dreamgirl

[@shrishtisinghofficial]

For many I was/am manic Pixie girl.. But deep down I know I am depressive and weird af

[@unnatishe-her5916]

WOW, JUST WOW

[@vyomishurne9025]

I am not sure the character of priya is even a manic pixe girl at all. Its more a character who is a simple girl with some confused desires. Hardly that of a *Manic Pixie Dream Girl*

[@chihiro-g8d]

I love reading different opinions in this comment section 😂😂🙌

[@mrtriyja7800]

😁😁😁😁

[@ranarafique8404]

As a manic pixie dream girl I can feel all this 💔

[@trusha_tungare]

Can u do one video on Tomboy stereotypes!!!

[@mohammadkabeer7340]

In that sense Priya Sharma is not a manic pixie dream girl at all, just a regular girl who is happy and cheerful

[@aniketmishra5607]

Pls don't touch Jab We Met.Its a great film and there is absolutely nothing problematic about Geet

[@anaghapednekar2992]

So good❤

[@queenelizabethiii1616]

I'm far from being this archetype but I wpuld love to be with a man who is depressed and I want to his savior.

[@anksri3]

It is not about breaking the stereotype but being real

[@Vinitakumar96]

Fabulous... i have a suggestion If u really want the change in indian society... ur voice must reach to majority who understand hindi... if you make this videos in hindi you will reach most of the backward people who need these videos genuinely...

[@ap-ig4mr]

dimple played by katrina is absolutely not a manix pixi dream girl nor is geet from jab we met

[@koustubhavachat]

To understand points mention in this video, one must watch all 5 seasons of Rick and Morty.

[@pizza9632]

I have to watch this movie!!!!!!!

[@shashikumarreddy1857]

*Please cover the HIJAB AND BURQA also*

[@mrtriyja7800]

They will never

[@66652]

Guntur🔥🔥🔥

[@els1f]

This has nothing to do with the video lol, but I love the name Priya

[@RenuYadav-qb5zm]

Brilliant!

[@swaroopbag1638]

Geeli pucchi is best.

[@RP-de3iv]

Inspired by The Take?

[@loulicious5882]

Thats what I thought I wanted to see bollywood version of it

[@originalideas2112]

Come on yaar they are movies for entertainment... Audience want refreshment so they enjoy seeing happy girl.. why v have to compare ourselves with heroine characters it's not reality..

[@mcchilde2903]

Imagine being stupid lmao.

[@mcchilde2903]

Movies are ART. Stop undermining the value of art. There is a difference between art and entertainment.

[@pokeplatinumboy]

Facts

[@nikitas5891]

You follow The Take. Don't you?

[@priyasharmax]

Amazing video!! I share the same name

[@liennn5772]

bwahhahahahaha she doesn't have coloured hair, you expect me to believe this shit ahahha

[@poojadhanuka7148]

M i the only one who feels that the speaker's voice matches deepika padukone's voice?

[@swarali1365]

married???

[@snehabhat4876]

Is this movie a Yuri troupe ?

[@indulekhagauri1508]

💕💕

[@reeyapangam2027]

😊

[@rajmodi3107]

👍🏻

[@SAGARKUMAR-ft3ui]

👍

[@phoenix-ng3zh]

The "not like other" type is totally copied from Hollywood

[@abhi-wi2mj]

😭👌

[@anupamaMall]

I felt sad that in order to go ahead Bharti had to become extremely sexist towards Priya.

[@mcchilde2903]

You missed the point of the story then.

[@66652]

Please🙏 make video🎥 LGBT community on tollywood movie🍿🎥

[@sohinichatterjee28]

Your channel is heavily borrowing video ideas from The Take (youtube channel). You guys are even copying exact lines from some of their videos. Please come up with more original content.

[@grigotts]

Manic pixie dream girl always seemed to me like she is on drugs or something. Overacting ke dukan . Like itna kuch hamesha kaun rehta hai behan ?

[@akshayatayade3599]

Copy paste

[@gmajor7278]

Does all this channel do complain about indian society?

[@originalideas2112]

I really don't understand your point. You mean happy energetic girls are stereo type.. Now a days I feel Swaddle is complaining a lot.. I Really don't understand the point of this video..! I feel like according to swaddle everything is wrong!!

[@shristithakur5107]

You guys overthink too much

[@mrtriyja7800]

They are funded by communists.

[@shristithakur5107]

@@mrtriyja7800 Nhi not really 😒

[@bobbymp9372]

Well okay? Thinking and analysing is good I guess even it's a movie

[@uchihamadra2722]

Finally someone said it.....

[@shrisub881]

Gender studies padh k pagla gayi ho

[@mrtriyja7800]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tug6898]

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