Roles Of Women In Bollywood Cinema

Today women are commanding an equal position in the flourishing arena of the Indian Bollywood cinema. There no more need heroes to run a film; they can do this their selves. Over the years, there has been a drastic in shifts in portrayal of women on screen in movies and there is an increased in those calling the shots behind cameras. Today Bollywood films are also female centric, which focuses on women issues, problems, etc. and how women bravely face these issues without anyone’s help and support. In the past women had weaker roles like either of a mother in movie like Baghban (2003) where the mother played by (Pooja) Hema Malini cares for her children and sacrifice everything so that their sons have a happy life with their wives, a role of a wife in the movie Khabi Kushi Khabi Gham (2001) where wife role played by Jaya Bachchan as Nandini in this film is shown as how she always respects her husband, takes care of him, and for her husband she is ready to leave his son, a sister in the movie Josh (2000), where Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is sister of …show more content…
1 (1999), Fashion (2008), as a lawyer in the movie Aitraaz (2004), Veer Zara (2004), Jazbaa (2015), as a working women along with a housewife in the movie Main Aisa Hi Hoon (2005) and in Ki and Ka (2016), as a doctor in the movie Saathiya (2002), Khoobsurat (2014) and Udta Punjab (2016), as a police officer in the movie Drishyam (2015) Mardaani (2014), Te3n (2016), as a agents in the movie Kahaani (2012), Phantom (2015), as a teacher in the movie Shabd (2004), Main Hoon Na (2004), Chalk And Duster (2016), as an air hostess in the movie Neerja (2016), as an journalist in the movie Page 3 (2005), as a corporate worker in the movie Corporate (2006), as an heroine in the movie Dirty Picture (2011), Heroine (2012), as a politician in the movie Satta (2003), Rajneeti (2010), as a cinematographer in the movie Dear Zindagi (2016),