women centric films ???

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Posted: 12 years ago
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There has always been some confusion regarding women centric movies in the forum .the movies which r considered women centric by some r not actually women centric so how do we actually define a women centric movie .
Karisma 's movie zubeida and shakti r onsidered as women centric movies but then Biwi no 1 is not women centric in all the movies story revolves around Karisma 'c character then y is Biwi no 1 not considered a women centric film .in all the films she had a strong role .is it just the theme of the first two were serious and the latter was funny so is it not included in that category ?

I think women centric films r those where the story revolves around the female protagonist they have a stronger role to play .can namastey London be considered in that category as the entire movie was based on Kat's life Akshay entered the film after almost 40 -45 minutes y is mere brother ki dulhan not included in that list .😆 even there the story's focus is more on kat's character than imraan

Konkana did such movies in plenty but they were all serious and poignant stories

does rekha's movie Khoobsurat belong to the list or khoon bhari maang

English Vinglish also joins the list but if say tomorrow Kat works in a movie called Hindi Chindi where her character struggles to speak hindi and is humiliated (just as in EV) by her boyfriend ,doodwala ,sabziwala ,jaaduvala .Then like shashi even she join some coaching class and start speaking hindi just as shahsi learns english in EV .Mind u this movie is emotional movie just like ev so will Hindi Chindi included in the list

lets talk about Vidya now her last two movies TDP and Kahaani r included in the list too infact she is known for such type of movies .In both the movies the story revolved around her she had author backed roles .whats the difference here .Is a movie women centric if it has a mainstream actress and new actors who r not A lister ( its only after TDP the so called BW industry realized Emraan's mettle and considered on par with A list actors .big PH like Dharma started noticing him and considered him capable enough of acting in their movie .all the big shots realized his worth after TDP) .Does Paa belong to this list as

how exactly can we define this genre can a light heart movie or comedy movie be included in it or its only the serious intense stories belong to this genre

This post is as confusing as this genre so lets see if someone can get a clear picture 😆

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Posted: 12 years ago
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Katrina's Hindi chindi 🤣

Jokes apart nice discussion topic Hakunamatata 👍🏼

In my opinion a woman centric movie is a story revolves around a female protagonist regardless to the genre; drama/comedy/action/horror etc. Today majority of Indian movies are presented in male protagonist's point of view and importance is given to them where the female characters just tag along to complete the story
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Posted: 12 years ago
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so I don't think having a main character as a woman=women centric cinema!!

I think it's important the the female-centric description encompasses the concept of women as individuals, i.e, outside the context of heterosexual romantic relationships. Such films can still include romantic relationships in their storylines, these relationships just can't be the be-all and end-all of the films.

It's important that the narrative be from the point of view of a woman.

Interestingly, there's a test called the bechdel test which is used to identify gender bias in fiction. A work passes the test if it features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. Using that as a basis very few of the hindi movies can be called women centric.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: NadzGirl...

Katrina's Hindi chindi 🤣


Jokes apart nice discussion topic Hakunamatata 👍🏼

In my opinion a woman centric movie is a story revolves around a female protagonist regardless to the genre; drama/comedy/action/horror etc. Today majority of Indian movies are presented in male protagonist's point of view and importance is given to them where the female characters just tag along to complete the story



HC was just to add some laugh in otherwise this boring post 😆

do u know any women centric movie in the horror /comedy genre all i see is drama serious movies

P.S. u can call me manoj 😳
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: NadzGirl...

Katrina's Hindi chindi 🤣


Jokes apart nice discussion topic Hakunamatata 👍🏼

In my opinion a woman centric movie is a story revolves around a female protagonist regardless to the genre; drama/comedy/action/horror etc. Today majority of Indian movies are presented in male protagonist's point of view and importance is given to them where the female characters just tag along to complete the story


@bold: i agree...the genre is pretty much irrelevant...a comedy can be women centric...unfortunately they seldom are!!

in the industry women centric cinema is synonymous with dark/serious cinema
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: czarcastic.

so I don't think having a main character as a woman=women centric cinema!!

I think it's important the the female-centric description encompasses the concept of women as individuals, i.e, outside the context of heterosexual romantic relationships. Such films can still include romantic relationships in their storylines, these relationships just can't be the be-all and end-all of the films.

It's important that the narrative be from the point of view of a woman.

Interestingly, there's a test called the bechdel test which is used to identify gender bias in fiction. A work passes the test if it features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. Using that as a basis very few of the hindi movies can be called women centric.




@ bold but then how is shakti or TDP included in that list

can u give an example czar for clarification

but u made some interesting point i never knew of the test .TFS😃
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: czarcastic.


@bold: i agree...the genre is pretty much irrelevant...a comedy can be women centric...unfortunately they seldom are!!

in the industry women centric cinema is synonymous with dark/serious cinema



thats what my point is why are such movie only for the dark serious rondu type cinema .i think khoobsurat can be an exception here .was it a women centric movie ?
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Posted: 12 years ago
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@Hakunamatata
Bhooth (Urmila) and Raaz 3 (Bipasha) to an extent for horror genre. As for comedy, well I haven't watched any female centric comedy in Bollywood. Perhaps as the discussion goes on we will be able to remember few

People may not agree with me but Aisha (Sonam) falls for this category since the story was revolving around one and many female characters. Just my 2 cents :)
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: HakunaMatata_94



Of course that's an important consideration...all I meant was that having a female as a lead does not make the movie women centric suo moto...

those films are considered women centric coz they explore the life of the female character beyond what she shares with the guy in her life..and also coz they are from her perspective
TDP dealt with Vidya's rise and fall and the repurcussions


biwi no 1 might have had a strong female character but the story revolved around her fight for her husband!!

just my POV...i could be way off:)

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Originally posted by: NadzGirl...

@Hakunamatata

Bhooth (Urmila) and Raaz 3 (Bipasha) to an extent for horror genre. As for comedy, well I haven't watched any female centric comedy in Bollywood. Perhaps as the discussion goes on we will be able to remember few

People may not agree with me but Aisha (Sonam) falls for this category since the story was revolving around one and many female characters. Just my 2 cents :)



was bhoot or raaz 3 women centric but they were promoted as Horror movies right ? but then still the question is still in limbo how exactly we say which movie belongs to that category

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