“…Accordingly, the films can be thought of as a form of "exutory." The term, of medical origin, is used by João de Pina Cabral (2003aCabral ( , 2003b to describe a mechanism allowing the release or eradication of a need or desire (Cabral 2003a: 75). Likewise, Hindi films work for their audiences as a way to release their fantasies and desires into a personal and secret pleasure channel.…”