Women’s Day Special: From ‘Mother India’ to ‘Thappad’, These Bollywood Films Show Real Women Empowerment

International Women’s Day 2022 is being celebrated on March 8 to commemorate women all over the world and remember their contributions. Along with this, this day also has a lot of importance from the point of view of making women aware of their rights and raising their spirits. Bollywood has also made many such films which are female-oriented. In which many big actresses like Sri Devi, Kangana Ranaut and Vidya Balan have played strong roles. These films have proved to be effective in changing the thinking and attitude of society towards women. We will talk about some such films on International Women’s Day.

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl

Actress Janhvi Kapoor played the lead role in this Netflix film Which is inspired by the life of Gunjan Saxena, a fearless young officer. She created history by becoming the first Indian woman Air Force officer to fly in a war zone during the 1999 Kargil War. This film is based on a real story and it is a biopic of Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena.

Thappad

Taapsee Pannu was seen in the lead role in Thappad.she was in the role of a housewife. In the film, Taapsee’s character Amrita leaves her dreams behind to manage her household and become a perfect wife. But Amrita’s life changes when her husband raises his hand even after doing all this. This film makes a good effort to change the mindset of people against domestic violence, even if it is a slap.

English Vinglish

Late actress Sridevi’s 2012 film is a drama-comedy film. In the film, Sridevi plays the character of Shashi, a housewife. She does everything for the family, but just because she doesn’t know English, she has trouble adjusting to her modern children and hi-fi husband, and because of this she has to be humiliated at home, but Despite this, she is not a victim of inferiority complex and learning English takes everyone by surprise. The purpose of the film is to show that a woman is capable of doing everything when given a chance.

Queen

Actress Kangana Ranaut played the lead role in ‘Queen’. Her character is that of a simple girl who, even after the breakup of her marriage, goes alone on a honeymoon package to travel abroad, and during this she explores the world away from home for the first time and during this time she is already becoming stronger and more independent.

Mother India

This Bollywood film is made in the old era but whenever there is talk of women empowerment, ‘Mother India’ is definitely mentioned. Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raj Kumar were seen in the lead roles in this 1957 film written and directed by Mehboob Khan. It is the story of Radha, a woman living in a poverty-stricken village who, facing many difficulties, works hard to nurture her children and escape from a bad vassal.