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Within Indian patriarchal families, a well-established preference for male progeny resulted in the loss of girls either before or after their birth. The son preference in India is comprehended within several different strands of thought, which are still considered part of cultural beliefs and practices. The preference for a male child has been seen as an expression of traditional social behavior. And the gender disparity of socio-economic rights is also enforced to choose the male progeny in a patriarchal society. As I consider film and sociology to be linked, in this article I would like to analyze'son preference' in the aspect of post-nineties alternative cinema. Influenced by feminist theories and the new world view, it proposes that as committed artists, alternative filmmakers have tried to depict the struggle for reproductive and sexual rights, which has led to a progressive feminization of the theory and practice of governance, development, human rights, and justice. Simultaneously, I would like to locate how patriarchal these cinemas are subtly, even when they articulate the rights of the womb. Is it possible to contextualize these films in multiple locations and categorize them accordingly to have a much more disaggregated view and bring out the fractures within the new vision of gender?