Madhuri Dixitin Mrityudand Prakash Jha's Mrityudand was one of Madhuri Dixit's boldest movies. The character of Ketki fights against the injustices of village landlords to avenge the death of her husband.
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Kangana Ranaut in Double Dhamaal Kangna Ranaut plays a character inspired by Jaya Bachchan's role in 'Sholay' in Indra Kumar's Double Dhamaal.
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Bipasha Basuin Aatma In Aatma, Bipasha Basu plays a widowed mother, who lives with her daughter. Both of them start having scary experiences only to realize that it is the husband's spirit, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui who comes back to take away the daughter.
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Ayesha Takia in Dor Nagesh Kukunoor's Dor had an underlying message about women's liberation. Ayeha Takia lives a narrow confined life as a widow, but eventually gathers enough courage flee her in-laws household to find a life of her own.
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Katrina Kaif in Rajneeti Katrina Kaif plays the role of Arjun Rampal's widow. Arjun who is a political bigwig dies at a bomb blast leaving Katrina alone to contest elections and become the next chief minister.
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Bollywood revels in the freedom of making movies and call them art.
While some may have earned accolades to rightly call themselves the same,
some have failed miserably.
In a society that is mostly
dominated by the patriarchal way, it is no surprise that movies before
the 90's were being made to portray widows as meek and pitiful, barring a
few like Nargis Dutt in Mother India. To most people's relief, things
have changed over the years. There is a trail of woman-oriented films
now and widows in Bollywood films are no longer treated as scum. Let's take a look at the
new-age widows of Hindi cinema. Lisa Ray in Water Deepa Mehta's film Water examines the dilemma of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in Varanasi. The film mainly focuses on a relationship between one of the widows (Lisa Ray), who wants to escape the social restrictions.
