What is it about women and weapons that fascinate us? Why is it that the idea of an empowered woman is tied to that of her wielding a destructive object or super power? Even as the sexist debate over Baahubali rages on, the one standout image in the entire film will have to be of actress Ramya cradling a suckling baby in one arm and a scythe in the other, with which she deals a lethal blow to a rebel who challenges her authority. An eerily similar image has been playing out in the new Baajirao Mastani trailer, where Deepika Padukone, who plays Ranveer Singh’s love interest and eventually second wife, tackles a battery of soldiers with a child on her shoulder and a sword in her hand. And then, you have the Game of Thrones, where a formidable queen’s biggest strength and her weakness, are fire-spewing dragons that are used for shocking rebels into submission and destroying enemy armies.

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