In the hit Hindi film of the season, an architect cares for her cantankerous father, enduring his careful analysis of his own constipation, his contempt for marriage, which he claims is for “low I.Q. people,” and his appreciation for the fact, which he shares with others, that his unmarried daughter’s sex life is purely “need based.” In another Hindi film, a woman who is estranged from her husband flirts with available men, bringing much misery to their lives. The most popular Hindi films in recent months have been led by women: A clever fat girl marries a dimwit, they eventually fall in love and participate in a race in which the wife has to ride piggyback on her husband. A small-town bride who is stood up by her groom decides to go on her honeymoon to Paris anyway, alone.

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