We laughed at her talkativeness and marveled at her beauty, but did you notice that Basanti single-handedly managed the only public transport through the dacoit-infested roads to Ramgadh and Belapur? Movie Reviews; Item Numbers; Bollywood Adjacent; Personal Essay; Misc; Feminist Bollywood. Shruti is one such character who knows what she wants and works hard to be a successful entrepreneur. Manasi’s family of folk singers was humiliated by the hero’s industrialist family, adding class prejudices to their ladkewale supremacy complex. Most men would vote for feisty and independent girls like her, to be in their lives. When she was jilted, she took a job to work through her grief rather than run back to her family or to another man. Occasionally, as the hero’s sister, they’d be raped by the villain and commit suicide or be killed so as to give the hero a quest of vengeance. . Tumhare papa ki izzat, izzat hain aur mere baba ki koi izzat hi nahin?

The film also touches upon the societal taboos such as the mental trauma a girl and her family go through when a marriage alliance is suddenly called off.

What’s It Like Being Asexual In India | Asexuality Awareness Week. #womenup #womenempowerment #badasswomen #indianwomen #womenup #womenempowerment #bollywoodnews #bollywoodmemes #SheThePeople, A post shared by SheThePeople (@shethepeopletv) on May 18, 2020 at 5:14am PDT. With female twins, it was a way to show two different ways that a woman could be appealing – the demure lass but also the firebrand. Is this feminist or not, we ask as we analyse how much screen time each actress had, what she spoke about and what she did. Hema Malini’s Geeta climbed the tightrope and the social ladder to nicer clothes, a richer boyfriend and a better life in the 1972. . As Basanti, Hema Malini’s opening spiel even referenced the matter of consent: “, Yeh Basanti ka tanga hain, kissi zameendar ki bekaari thodi hain ki marzi na marzi, karna hi pade, In a country that kills in the name of honour and associates rape with victim-shaming, the pursuit of love is a distant dream for many women.

SheThePeople.TV is India's biggest digital storytelling for women, dedicated to passionately championing and promoting their journeys. It redefines the duties of sons and daughters as the  protagonist takes care of her nagging father by keeping every other engagement in her life on the back seat.

Founded by award winning journalist Shaili Chopra, SheThePeople.TV is the voice Indian women today need. Male Characters From Bollywood Films That We Loved In 2019.

Pretty looking and ambitious, is what men wish, no? A woman who chooses not to have children is subjected to moral policing and shaming, all of come from treating female bodies as nothing more than baby-making mechanisms. Read the full story here: ‘6 Bollywood Characters You Didn’t Know Were Feminist‘ […].

You must be logged in to submit your story. (Clockwise from top left): Pooja Bhatt in 'Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin', Meenakshi Seshadri in 'Damini', Manisha Koirala in 'Khamoshi' and Urmila Matondkar in 'Rangeela'. The character of Sahil Mirza, the playwright (Rajkumar Rao) at first was like any other male character. We Empower, Engage and Elevate, connecting them to an amazing network that inspires and grows each others' efforts.

These are feminist actions. … Sona Mishra from Luck by Chance. Read Also: Love In Bollywood Films Over Seven Decades, Has It Changed? I can’t consider such women as an example of empowerment. She played bridge, started a kavi samelan, danced kathak, organised a musical production and snapped into action during a health crisis. He becomes the torchbearer of gender equality when he stays at home while his wife earns the bread. Sunny Gill, Dil Dhadakne Do Sunny Gill (Farhan Akhtar) is a straight forward journalist whose charm swoons the protagonist Ayesha (Priyanka Chopra) for beyond his good looks. […] My first post for Feminism in India is up here and it’s about two of my favorite topics – badass women and Bollywood! Founded by award winning journalist Shaili Chopra, SheThePeople.TV is the voice Indian women today need. Rani Mukerji, with her exemplary acting prowess, left many speechless as Shivani Shivaji Roy. He takes a strong dig at the pseudo-feminists when he points to Ayesha’s husband Manav (Rahul Bose) in one scene saying you needn’t ‘allow women’ to work because women should be able to take their own decisions to work or not work. Is it time to start calling it Vulva? Let’s meet some of the subtler on-screen feminists. She’d eventually accept two different proposals but always while prioritizing herself, her family and her career first.