Celebrating the achievements of women, on the whole, Women’s
Day has gained a special celebratory status in the entire world. The day is
celebrated as a tribute to women in all the developed as well as the
underdeveloped countries of the world. the underlying message of the day is to
make the women in our lives feel special and empowered. While one way to
celebrate this auspicious day is by wishing the women among our friends and
family, another way is to revisit our notions of what a woman is and what they
can achieve.
And what better way exists to revisit ideas than watching a
piece of art that iterates the story of women. Be it a biopic or fiction,
movies with women as their leads are always known to offer a different
perspective than the surrounding reality. They let us know that the place of a
woman is not what men have defined over millennia, but it is what women choose.
Such ideas that are not readily ingrained in our consciousness due to societal
conditioning will only awaken through external simulation albeit in this case,
a film.
Check out some of the best movies that make us think this way on YuppTV today.
Starring Tapsee Pannu, Amitabh Bachchan, and others, “Pink”
is a great movie that emphasizes the “No means No” concept in the real world.
Pink’s story revolves around three young women that face the scorn of society
for no fault of theirs. The filmmakers made the movie in such a way that the
progression of the story makes even the most remote non-thinkers think in a
different perspective for a moment.
Uyare is an amazing movie that depicts the story of an
aviation student that survives an acid attack. With her entire career on the
line after the fiasco, the struggle that the woman goes through to get her
career despite the devastating event forms the crux of the story. The way the
film handles the sensitivity of the issue and the havoc that women go through
to get back to normal let alone aspire for something it is sure to make a
person change his perception.
Anushka starrer Arundhati showcases a powerful female
character that lays down her life to protect her people. The film at its time
of arrival was one of the very few films in Telugu that cast a strong female
character but stood out as one of the biggest hits in the Telugu film industry.
Arundhati is a powerful film that had served as an inspiration to the young
women in the Telugu States.
Alongside being an inspiration through its story, also laid
the foundation for female-centric films that were not so common in the Telugu
language. Anushka’s powerful portrayal of the character of Jejamma in the film
is a treat to the simple-minded but the emphasis of the intrinsically layered
message that says abuse and rape is a punishable offense at all times cannot go
unnoticed.
36 Vayadhinile
Starring Jyotika in the lead role, 36 Vayadhinile is one of the best female-centric films in Tamil. Depicting the journey of the rediscovery of a woman that suddenly finds herself free of any responsibilities at the age of 36, this film is as funny as it is inspiring. While taking us through a series of events that are laced with funny quirks, ambitions, and fear of failure, the film exposes the banality of regular life for women in their 30s and offers the inspiration that it is never too late to start.
