 The Marxist critic Kovai Gnani, in his poem "Kallihai", represents Ahalya as the oppressed class and Rama as an ideal future without exploitation.Gautama and Indra represent feudalism and capitalism.The character of Ahalya played by Kamala Kotnis in the 1949 movie "Sati Ahalya" ("chaste Ahalya") was described as still relevant by contemporary film critics due to its portrayal of the predicament of a stained woman.