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But that way the actresses will never be able to put their stamp on box office. I know that a movie's performance is not the measure for every thing, but the way this industry functions, it has become important for the female actresses to prove their mettle at the box office individually. Atleast for that sake, I feel that these women oriented films better not have a super popular face whose presence would overshadow the rest of the things in an otherwise small movie. Also presence of popular bw biggies will shoot up the costs and the chances of it doing really well at the box office despite it trending well, will be low. I feel the best thing to do at this stage(where women oriented movies are a rarity) is to keep the budget low, keep them slightly low profile and let them work on the basis of emit and performances of the entire cast. Later, when such movies become common, the presence of biggies wouldn't take anything away from the actresses or rest of the cast. But before that we need a lot of successful female oriented movies, that would strengthen the credibility of actresses at the box office.
It is not easy to get a film made. Financing is hard to come by especially for small women-centric films which is why having a "star" attached to a project is a big deal. It makes investors believe, if budgeted properly, the film won't lose a lot of money. Even the biggest stars in the West take less money to work in small art films they believe in. Not every film they are offered. Not films that conflict with their starring roles. Just the occasional film they truly believe in. Why do Hindi film actors have to be all art or all business? Why can't they do some of both?
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