Women’s Day Special: Best Women Centric Movies and Web Series
Women’s Day Special
Come 8th of March and we see the world celebrating the days for ladies called the International Women’s Day. In this tough and fierce world where females face tough times to survive in the bad world mostly governed by men, observing such days has a great significance. This day is all about celebrating women and the entertainment industry never lags behind it. So, on this big day, how about catching up on the list of best women-centric movies in Bollywood and web series as under:
Alankrita Shrivastava: I had this idea long back. I think it was 2012 or 2013.
I was very fascinated with what was going on with many young urban working women. the fact that they had dual responsibilities, they are breadwinners and they also have struggles at home. Since the economy opened up in India, many more women joined the work force. My mother is from IIM Ahmedabad and in her batch, there were only four women among 80 students. She told me that most of these women didn’t end up pursuing a full-time corporate career, while all the men went on to head companies. I just kept thinking about that.
International Women’s Day 2021: Powerful Feminist Movies To Watch On IWD Mar 06, 2021, 20:07 IST
These stories about female protagonists spoke of issues that are usually swept under the carpet
Our cinema usually misses out on nuance while making films about women but here is our pick of narratives that got the complexity of female characters and the urgency of the issues faced by them, right.
Ajji: At a time when gender crimes have acquired epidemic proportions, Ajji produced by Yoodlee Films and directed by Devashish Makhija is more relevant than ever. This wrenching story about rape and retribution is a critique not just of the society where even girl children are not safe but of the power structures that protect the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. The discovery of a little girl’s body in a garbage heap expands into a scathing social commentary and asks tough questions that we need to answer collectively. What’s more, the avenging spirit i
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These stories about female protagonists spoke of issues that are usually swept under the carpet. Our cinema usually misses out on nuance while making films about women but here is our pick of narratives that got the complexity of female characters and the urgency of the issues faced by them, right. This Women’s Day lets watch these films and celebrate womanhood.
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Ajji: At a time when gender crimes have acquired epidemic proportions, ‘Ajji’ produced by Yoodlee Films and directed by Devashish Makhija is more relevant than ever to celebrate Women’s Day. This wrenching story about rape and retribution is a critique not just of the society where even girl children are not safe but of the power structures that protect the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. The discovery of a little girl’s body in a garbage heap expands into a scathing social commentary and asks tough questions that we need to answer collectively. What’s m