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Women’s Day Special / Dissecting the female gaze in Bollywood
For decades, Bollywood has been primarily driven by the "male gaze," where women were portrayed through the lens of male desire and societal expectations. They presented women in stereotypical roles, often as damsels in distress, sacrificing lovers, or objects of desire. This male gaze manifested in hyper-sexualisation, passive narratives and limited agency. Women rarely drove the plot. Their actions and desires revolved around men, reinforcing traditional gender roles. They were portrayed as lacking control over their lives, with their choices dictated by societal norms or male characters.
Remembering Bollywood’s sweetheart, Sridevi
Today marks the 60th birthday of the illustrious actor, Sridevi. Who had left the entertainment industry grief-stricken, after her demise in 2018. Remembering the late actor Sridevi, let us look at five of her most well-known films today.
Feminism and Bollywood: How the portrayal of women has evolved
Female characters in Bollywood have largely been portrayed from a male perspective due to the imbalance between the number of men and women involved in the creative process. Gender bias spanned over decades, and it took more than fifty years to bring equality in terms of gender representation on the big screen.
Dissecting the female gaze in Bollywood
For decades, Bollywood has been primarily driven by the "male gaze," where women were portrayed through the lens of male desire and societal expectations. They presented women in stereotypical roles, often as damsels in distress, sacrificing lovers, or objects of desire. This male gaze manifested in hyper-sexualisation, passive narratives and limited agency. Women rarely drove the plot. Their actions and desires revolved around men, reinforcing traditional gender roles. They were portrayed as lacking control over their lives, with their choices dictated by societal norms or male characters.
Remembering Bollywood’s sweetheart, Sridevi
Today marks the 60th birthday of the illustrious actor, Sridevi. Who had left the entertainment industry grief-stricken, after her demise in 2018. Remembering the late actor Sridevi, let us look at five of her most well-known films today.
Feminism and Bollywood: How the portrayal of women has evolved
Female characters in Bollywood have largely been portrayed from a male perspective due to the imbalance between the number of men and women involved in the creative process. Gender bias spanned over decades, and it took more than fifty years to bring equality in terms of gender representation on the big screen.