Female Oriented Movies of 2014!
Women liberation, women rights and women safety are the most debated topics currently, and in keeping with the trend, Bollywood came out with several female oriented issue-based film last year.
Published: Sunday,Mar 08, 2015 21:58 PM GMT-06:00
Films, in any culture, are indicative of the progress of a society, its values and its constraints. From its films, you can more or less figure where a country stands socio-politically, what are the mindsets of its common citizens and what are the issues that ail that land. And by these standards, 2014 has been a landmark year for Bollywood. In the largest democracy of the world, women issues are burning bright and hot in every heart of the nation these days due to various unfortunate events all over the country. Women liberation, women rights and women safety are the most debated topics currently, and in keeping with the trend, Bollywood came out with several female oriented issue-based film last year. To our delight, not only garnered critical acclaim, but attracted a large audience as well. Lets us recount the movies in this category that left a lasting mark on our hearts and on the history of cinema.
Highway, starring Alia Bhatt, was another female oriented film that told us the story of self discovery of a young affluent girl who is abducted just before her wedding for ransom. The controversial issue of child sexual abuse by a family member, an issue which is very much present in our esteemed society where small girls are ironically revered as Devi or Goddess, is an issue from which even many of the educated class prefer to look the other way when confronted, was raised in all its ugly glory in this film. A much needed film for the country which boasts of biggest educated progressive middle-class in the world, the young Bhatt surely wowed the audience with her impeccable portrayal of the young Veera, earning her much appreciation and the prestigious Filmfare Critics Award for the Best Actress.
Bollywood has been raising
women issues in it films since ages, but those movies were far and few
in between. But in 2014, it seemed there was a flood of women issue
related films and to top that, all of them were sensibly made. All we
can say is that these films are the need of the hours to mass educate
people about evils in our own self and midst, and we hope that Bollywood
filmmakers will keep churning out such thought provoking films in
future as well.
Author: Anamika GK.
Editor(s): Ritchelle C. and Hershi J.
Graphics: Komal P.
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