Sukumar’s Rangasthalam (2018) is a period action-drama set in the 1980s in a fictional village, depicting the exploitation of irrigation resources by a feudal upper-caste president. This paper argues that the film innovatively uses the protagonist’s (Chitti Babu’s) hearing disability not as a liability but as a narrative device to deconstruct ableism, amplify subaltern resistance, and critique systemic corruption in rural India.
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The film’s sound design deliberately isolates the audience into Chitti’s perspective—muffled dialogues, selective amplification of vibrations. Disability is not tragic; it enables Chitti to read micro-expressions and physical cues that hearing characters miss. This reverses the gaze: the “disabled” man sees truth, while the “able” village is deaf to injustice. Sukumar’s Rangasthalam (2018) is a period action-drama set
Unlike mainstream Telugu cinema’s hyper-masculine heroes, Rangasthalam centers on Chitti Babu (Ram Charan), a partially deaf village mechanic. His brother Kumar (Aadhi Pinisetty) represents educated, institutional resistance. The film’s antagonist, President Phanindra (Jagapathi Babu), epitomizes gentrified tyranny, hiding theft behind a democratic façade. This paper examines three motifs: auditory subjectivity, water as capital, and the tragicomic hero. The film’s sound design deliberately isolates the audience