Naveed Anjum2017-12-132017-12-132015https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2292Supervised by:Dr. Farasat RasoolSaving Face (2012) and A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015) is landmark films in the history of Pakistani media. Directed by Sharmeen Obaid Chinnoy, these Oscar winning films were produced by HBO and broadcasted in America. The subject of both the films is violence against women in Pakistan. This study uses qualitative analysis of the films in order to take out different themes and understand their connection to the message of violence against women as presented in these films. At UMT, Lahore, a group of 67 (males and females) of media students (Masters Level) was used as sample. They were shown the two films. A quantitative analysis on reception of the message of violence against women in Pakistanwas done on the basis of reception theory by Stuart Hall. In the group that responded in favor of the dominant view, female respondents (58%) outnumbered the male respondents (42%). In the group which belongs to the negotiated and oppositional responses, male respondents (71%) outnumber the female respondents (29%). This difference in the response has significance in the process of communication. This refers to the question whether there is inherent bias towards opposite gender in the male and the female components of Pakistani society or is that the subjective point of view of the filmmaker in these films that makes the difference in reception.enSaving FaceReception TheoryM.Phil ThesisThesis