Analysing the space that women have occupied in Indian cinema, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on Friday spoke about how the shifting portrayal of female characters in the movies is related to the rights and social progress of women in the country.
Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival, Mr. Bachchan said the movement of women from narrow domestic confines to the world at large can be seen via the transformation seen in five different images relating to women.
Drawing inferences from decades of Indian cinema, he spoke of the changes in women and their relationship with the home and the world, their status within a relationship, women in education, in politics, and the issue of sexual exploitation.

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