Abstract
In 1970s there were Pashto films of Angry Young Man genre. These had anger and revenge conventions. This article examines Pashto films of the 1970s belonging to the ‘Angry Young Man’ genre. Featuring a protagonist seeking vengeance, these films criticized the police system of the time, which was seen as corrupt and excessive. The anger of these films was in fact a critique of these films on Police System of the time. The Police was corrupt and engaged in excesses. Their investigation method was uncritical. I have tried to explain show how this anger towards the system was has been constructed throughout the 1970s in Pashto Cinema. It is argued that the expression of anger was symbolic of a heroic masculinity in crisis: Anger in Pashto Angry Young Man films has not been as overt as in Tamil Cinema, but it has made the case for protest against Police system of the time. It was symbolic of the heroic masculinity. But the masculinity was in crisis in expression and execution of it. It couldn’t express itself as much as it could have been comparing it with the movies of Bollywood and Tamil Cinema. Pashto Cinema being a regional cinema carried a transcultural appeal by depicting the issues of other regions.