Open AccessDEVI TO DIVA - A TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY PORTRAYING WOMEN IN MAINSTREAM BOLLYWOOD
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gap gyan- a gobal journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-5830
DOI - 10.47968/gapgyan.42007
Subject(s) - hindi , movie theater , mainstream , ideology , gender studies , aesthetics , sociology , history , literature , media studies , art , political science , politics , law , philosophy , linguistics
Bollywood is a major influence on Indian culture. It has shaped and expressed the changing scenarios of modernIndia .Hindi cinema has influenced the way in which people recognize various aspects of their own lives. Hindicinema is largely been about stereotypes. The characters, situations and plots have been largely based onstereotypical ideologies. The audience reads the characters based on how they look, dress and talk. Over the yearsIndian cinema has portrayed women being ‘ The Satti Savitri, The Abla Nari ,The Sanskari ,The Wamp, to The ItemGirls ,The Trophies ,The Bold beautiful and empathetic to The Ridiculed Modern women. “The paper begins withhow bollywood is instrumental in shaping the culture and how it sketches womanhood. It also undertakes someglimpses from popular films to analyze the process of typecasting. A section is dedicated to the discussion onmodern realistic women. In conclusion, a debate ensues on whether the mainstream cinema has been successful inportraying Indian women of different shades in a society dominated by patriarchal values.