WOMEN IN THE WORLD OF INDIAN CINEMA: A REVIEW ON STEREOTYPE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN BOLLYWOOD FILMS

Women and Media

Cinema has brought a worldview, either in the type of amusement or an instrument of social change. Cinema has made a particular space in a human's life by affecting them through its temperament. Since cinema has appeared, women's depiction has also been changing. The contemporary time is progressively engaged to women's portrayal in the cinema is empowered or not. There are various roles that are played by women in Bollywood films and it is very immoral to see their portrayal as stereotypes because it harms women’s dignity and self-respect in real life as well. These stereotype portrayals fill in as a stalagmite in viewers' psyche. The delineation of women in roles like vamps, a quiet wife(who follows man controlled society esteems), a lady who relies upon a man, can impact society negatively. This study is a compressive adaptation of different exploration studies and articles composed by researchers and authors on the stereotype portrayal of women in Bollywood films.

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