These Top Actors Revised The Definition Of Women

How often do you celebrate the essence of being a woman? Not that often. However, women have proved their latent talent to overpower tough times and fight against all odds. Many times, we have recorded enough proof, where women conquered the pages of history. From fighting like a warrior to upholding the rights of a woman, she equally behaved boldly like a thunderbolt in defining her personal desires. Like we all know, cinema is a reflection of our society, and movies have portrayed the Indian woman’s role and contribution to our society from time to time. Be it a sacrificing mother, obedient daughter or a dedicated lover, we have witnessed some core values coming across and inspiring lot more women gradually.

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi

The much-awaited periodic drama, ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’, is the recent example you can admire and feel inspired. After playing vivid genres, the 31-year-old actor, Kangana Ranaut is back again with a powerful character to mould yet another epic role of Rani Laxmibai. The movie depicts her contribution in raising a fight against the British East India Company, in 1857.

There have been various movies, where female actors were the protagonists and exhibited a much strong character for women to follow the suit…

Padmaavat

Deepika Padukone has upgraded both the choices and the notion of being a woman. In her movies, you can see how a woman channelizes her rage into action. And ‘Padmaavat’ is one such great example, from her undying spirit to face Alauddin to performing Jauhar for respect of Rajputana women, every bit and piece is real-time heart-wrenching.

Zubeidaa

The 44-year-old actor Karisma Kapoor, who is proud of two adorable kids, played a remarkable character of Zubeidaa in Shyam Benegal’s 2001 movie. She back then revised how a woman can fight for her rights and can challenge age-old rituals, which curtails women from coming at the forefront.

Bajirao-Mastani

Playing Mastani was one more feather in Deepika Padukone’s cap. The 32-year-old actor depicted a strong will to express her desires as a lover in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s epic historical romance. Her choices and never-ending courage to face the opponent brought out a real tool for women.

Parineeta

Vidya Balan has been a real inspiration for most of the Indian women of today’s time. She painted a beautiful imagery of Lalita, who upholds her self-respect when she faces insult. This much acclaimed literary drama by Pradeep Sarkar captured some real qualities of a strong Indian woman. That’s not all; Vidya has many women-oriented movies in her kitty such as ‘The Dirty Picture’, ‘Kahaani’, ‘Bobby Jasoos’, ‘Begum Jaan’ and ‘Tumhari Sulu’.

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You, as a woman, need no definition to define your individuality. The contribution of women in different spheres of life is worthy enough to appraise and applaud. Therefore, feeling inspired or inspiring more generations beyond this era should be the task. So that every woman can ideate, curate and execute a better place for her. Watch these enthralling movies to celebrate the power of womanhood.

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