This chapter explores the repercussions of skewed sex ratios in North India through the 2003 movie Matrubhoomi (Motherland), directed by Manish Jha. Drawing on implicit parallels between the film and the Indian epic, Mahabharata, the analysis highlights the contradictory attitudes in India towards motherhood. On one hand, motherhood is exalted, with women seen as embodiments of Shakti (power). On the other hand, women who are unable to bear children or who give birth to daughters are devalued. Matrubhoomi also provides a critical examination of fatherhood, where the absence of women disrupts traditional notions of fatherhood, leading to a crisis of identity among men. The violent spectacle of social collapse depicted in Matrubhoomi serves as a stark warning of the consequences of skewed sex ratios. Finally, the authors contextualize their reading of the movie within the current political climate in India where issues of gender imbalance and the devaluation of women remain pressing concerns.