As a part of Special Lecture Series, Dept. of English, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore has organized on “The Portrayal of Honor Killings in Indian Cinema” on 20th November, 2021.  Mr. G. Raja Kumar, Senior Lecturer in Govt. Polytechnic College, Dept. of English, Polytechnic College, Gudur was the Distinguished Speaker of the day. 

 In the Lecture, the Speaker discussed about Honor Killings and presented detailed data regarding Honor Killings. In his Lecture, he mentioned that Honor killing is considered as one of the heinous crimes our society is facing despite the development of science and technology. According to a UN report, about 5,000 girls and women are killed around the world due to honour killings which are generally reported in south Asia, the Middle East, Iran, Canada, the US, the UK, and so on. India is also not exceptional, the crime statistics released by the NCRB show that in the year 2018, about 30 cases were registered as honour killing in India. As per the NCRB report, in India, the state of Uttar Pradesh witnessed more number of honour killing cases, and if we could compare the cases registered in-states with Union territories one could notice very few cases were registered in union territories. The speaker identified many causes for the occurrence of these crimes such as, lack of education, the mentality of the people, refusal to arrange marriages, marrying outside the caste or community, love affairs, and so on. Some of the measures were suggested by the speaker like the development of education, strict laws and punishments, creating awareness Programmes, and so on. It is evident from the data that even though a very less number of cases were registered we need strict laws to punish the offenders in the country and through the fear of punishment we could curb the most heinous kind of crime in our society. The role of citizens is also very important in terms of controlling and reporting the cases in society.

The speaker also critically analyzed various Indian movies and highlighted the portrayal of Honor Killings in the movies. He analyzed few literary texts which depicted Honor Killings as their central idea.

In the inaugural session, Sri.B.Rajasekhar, IAS, In-Charge Vice-Chancellor and Principal Secretary to School Education, Govt. of AP, and Dr. L.V. Krishana Reddy, Registrar of Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore addressed the gathering. The Faculty and Students of the University actively participated in the programme.