India, Sept. 4 -- If there's one recent release that everyone is talking about, it's the Malayalam film Lokah: Chapter 1 - Chandra. Dominic Arun's superhero film starring Kalyani Priyadarshan, Naslen and Sandy was produced by Dulquer Salmaan's Wayfarer Films. Celebrating the film crossing the Rs.100 crore threshold worldwide, Dulquer addressed criticism of how cinema is usually catered to the male gaze.

Dulquer admitted at the success event in Hyderabad on Thursday that most cinema cater to the male gaze. However, crediting the screenwriter of the film, actor Santhy Balachandran, for Lokah's authenticity, he said, "Santhy, thank you for giving us a woman's voice in this film. We are always told that we write and approach our cinema with ...