It seems to be the season of women’s empowerment in our cinema. Films with female heroes in the lead are piling up at the boxoffice. Is this a passing trend or a sign of the changing times and a shift in gender equations?
A List Of Female Heroes Who Have Hit The Screen Lately, And Are On The WayIn The Coming Month
Coming up later during the year are other female-powered films likeMeri Pyari Bindu(Parineeti Chopra, 12 May), Mom(Sridevi, July 14),Haseena(Shradha Kapoor, July 14).
Writers Speak
Juhi Trivedi(Vicky Donor, Piku): “It’s a positive sign and kudos to the filmmakers who believe in and back these films. I hope this phenomenon is here to stay and is not just the flavor of the season.”
Himanshu Sharma(Tanu Weds Manu, Tanu Weds Manu Returns): “This female trope is emerging as a new genre altogether,From the time of B R Chopra’s Nikaah till now it has evolved in a big way. In fact it has mirrored and mapped the long journey of women’s emancipation in Indian society. I personally believe that the more economically independent Indian women will get the stronger this genre will become.After all women constitute 48 percent of our population. They need a voice.”
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