Abstract
The influence of cinema in our lives is inevitable. It reflects on our lifestyle and society to a great extent. It won’t be incorrect to say that women’s projection in cinema depicts a lot about women’s real life situation. This paper, therefore, attempts to identify the portrayal of women empowerment as projected in Indian Cinema. For the same, content analysis method has been adopted on highest grossing films of 2015. Four films, namely Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani were studied.
Keywords
Women Empowerment
Indian Cinema
Bollywood Films
Bollywood Women Empowerment in Cinema
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