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It Is Women Power At Box Office In 2016

It Is Women Power At Box Office In 2016

by The Daily Eye Team January 22 2016, 1:48 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 46 secs

Bollywood has over the years doled out numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies with woman as the protagonist. ‘Mother India’, ‘Astitva’, ‘Chandni Bar’, ‘Lajja’, ‘Kahaani’, ‘Mardaani’, ‘Queen’ etc. are instances in point. The bygone year also saw woman-centric films like ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’, ‘Piku’, ‘NH10’, ‘Margarita with a Straw’, ‘Angry Indian Goddesses’ being immensely appreciated. ‘Chalk n Duster’ which released on January 15 features Juhi Chawla and veteran actress Shabana Azmi in the lead roles. The film also casts acclaimed actress Divya Dutta apart from Zarina Wahab and Girish Karnad. Richa Chadda also plays an important role of a journalist. The film directed by Jayant Gilatar is about teacher-student relationship. It is the first film of 2016 where female characters take prominence.

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Humra Quraishi is a writer, columnist and journalist. She has authored Kashmir: The Unending tragedy, Reports From the Frontlines, Kashmir: The Untold Story, Views: Yours and Mine, Bad Time Tales, More Bad Time Tales, Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad and Meer. She has co- authored The Good The Bad and The Ridiculous: Profiles, Absolute Khushwant and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh. Her take on what's it like to be a singleton in today's turbulent times, is part of the Penguin published anthology, Chasing the Good Life: On Being Single. And, one of her essays, The State Can't Snatch Away our Children is part of the Zubaan published anthology, Of Mothers And Others. Her essay in the volume on the 1984 Sikh riots, 1984: In Memory and Imagination is titled, Why not a Collective Cry for Justice!  


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