Another year, and another assortment of blockbusters, pulpy B-grades movies and the oddball-character-driven pieces passed us by. On the bright side, 2014 was a breakthrough year for real women in Bollywood, with plenty of roles with nuance and shade. But the not-so-bright side of the story is that the trend didn’t carry over to the blockbusters, aka the biggest money makers of the year. Yes, Dedh Ishqiya allowed Madhuri’s magic and Huma’s sensuality to drive the narrative, while
Queen liberated Kangana Ranaut and Lisa Haydon from the purgatory of playing second fiddle to beige-coloured men, but these were not the films that raked in the riches. The masses still went to see their beloved Khans strut their superhero stuff and their favourite dour Devgan sleepwalk through his dance-packed action. They went to see women dance around poles, and that is why, unfortunately, only one out of the ten biggest movies of the year passed the Bechdel Test.

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