Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Aparna Singh | August 21, 2024

From the lenses of directors like Aparna Sen and Govind Nihalani, here are some Indian films with powerful portrayals of women that you must watch.

[{"selector":"#anim-6bbb0951-df59-4293-a82c-1f71fc4ea634","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c8426dc8-8297-419b-9e58-342b4cb11aab","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 135.56734%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Sati

[{"selector":"#anim-efc902fd-e6fc-4fbf-b4b2-0b4fddd68596","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-88065e00-a8b2-4c2e-89d1-b0f36b602be9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 675.50514%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a1e247cd-618d-4618-bdc9-491c726f92db","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5bd0d904-b1fb-4d20-ac9f-4498e98e5a2e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 715.82435%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-15120279-b3a7-4b33-9a2b-c9b8da310a50","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8d8479ce-feb5-4467-b1e1-b8263acebca2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 161.53131%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Antareen

[{"selector":"#anim-62fd1d5c-70a8-4eba-be84-9e2196fcb8f0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d4b60524-a29d-495f-bbcb-818810fc9bad","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 675.50514%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-56fe4954-7e7b-429e-a142-014c386ab8d8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c5f073f2-0d69-49b7-88ef-6cb2186801b4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 715.82435%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e55a5774-3ee9-41eb-a93f-f53310fc1543","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c0050bf7-ab17-432e-8e45-a31cfe5ed257","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 161.53131%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Antarjali Jatra

[{"selector":"#anim-07d492e6-dcf7-4d35-be85-c6c2c93aa91b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-46b52c07-e482-4808-a99e-a8b0dcf22857","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 675.50514%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-69c7e5bc-cffb-4ef6-95ba-8eff5afab816","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4aaa66ac-6649-40bf-82a3-432493c4c594","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 715.82435%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e6fcdc03-f736-46f6-be2b-84f4aac30f54","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a8eadb7b-0708-48d4-9f28-b46c3561387f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 156.48931%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Sansodhan

[{"selector":"#anim-4cddffa3-b926-46fc-8cf6-af1f6d736640","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-329bd7d0-e0e8-49ec-880c-b92aaedc3929","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 675.50514%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-acbc0808-f43e-494c-bdaa-237da1c67ee9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d00e1eaa-0b8a-4d70-ab8a-d7ed87112c36","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 715.82435%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4cd7a579-3983-424c-8c9c-2a4934b14ee9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-109f9c36-ff79-4f80-bc70-7a5f172b4aab","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 156.48931%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Kali Salwar

[{"selector":"#anim-7b23782c-6de9-43e6-8f31-4d046a7b2958","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9514b5ad-a27a-4a47-b670-2dd4e17b87c8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 675.50514%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-23ea4eba-6cca-4793-a0f7-552ef3f497e0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fb2cc503-46bf-4146-9969-a145df203f3c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 715.82435%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-caff3f88-e4f3-4494-ac3e-5623ee145c84","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cd7e5113-f380-4864-a34a-163541cfa945","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 156.48931%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Godam

[{"selector":"#anim-e188e1e8-57f7-408b-9ca8-424835e8b08b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ab431642-c5bd-4243-8cff-d316003e943b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 675.50514%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-60ed4a80-f0c1-4f78-83eb-b21a611a564d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b63f9b5a-3e09-4a46-bf1c-3451adf0e665","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 715.82435%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1cc62e9f-7af0-4208-af9e-f624c45684a9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1f4ff3b0-2153-4e42-8fb4-8a9c9ebace56","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 262.28493%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Triyacharitra

[{"selector":"#anim-c31460be-3d89-4acf-a79e-77e4e42af795","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e1781353-e032-4692-8175-85d3aebcde38","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 675.50514%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0812bf47-d57b-4e61-a4c6-10cda6df3338","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5d738236-8b91-440f-9abd-4ac0a4ca9d80","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 715.82435%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1b1fd479-ae05-443d-8dda-92efcc40bb12","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-492c53eb-bf63-4423-8ac7-e1328d40b0cd","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 156.48931%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

[{"selector":"#anim-6756aeb2-509f-4bd8-afe3-0dd067ef6ff2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":350,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6acdb2f0-e467-4615-b83f-aa5bfed40c71","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 97.04818%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":350,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-279b6976-11fb-4d72-af9f-cdba836498b8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":100,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f8c55980-d868-4e71-a855-7379ca903449","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.52274%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":100,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Aparna Singh | August 21, 2024

7 Indian Films With Powerful Portrayal Of Women

From the lenses of directors like Aparna Sen and Govind Nihalani, here are some Indian films with powerful portrayals of women that you must watch.

Sati

IMDb Rating: 7.2/10

It offers us a view of the heart-wrenching world of Uma, portrayed by Shabana Azmi. The story is a haunting exploration of societal cruelty and isolation.

Antareen

IMDb Rating: 7.5/10

It is an adaptation of Saadat Hassan Manto's work. Mrinal Sen offers glimpses of a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, portrayed by Dimple Kapadia.

Antarjali Jatra

IMDb Rating: 7.3/10

This movie offers a brave portrayal of oppression delving into the intricate layers of marginality, forcing us to confront uncomfortable truths about our society.

Sansodhan

IMDb Rating: 7.4/10

Sansodhan is a powerful narrative of an unlikely protagonist fighting for her rights, challenging us to question why her story was deemed unlikely in the first place.

Kali Salwar

IMDb Rating: 6.1/10

This film weaves a tale of identity and belonging. It's a Manto narrative, blurring the lines between external surroundings and internal landscapes.

Godam

IMDb Rating: 7.4/10

It is a gut-wrenching tale of survival in a world rigged against its protagonist.

Triyacharitra

IMDb Rating: 7.4/10

The film offers the harsh realities of womanhood in urban India, presenting a contemplative narrative that places the individual's internal world at its core.

next

Bobby Deol Reveals His Sons Aryaman and Dharam Want to Work in Bollywood: 'My Kids Speak Hindi...'