Bollywood Actress taken for granted

Bollywood celebs are very much enthusiastic about their role in Bollywood and it has been seen that the directors and all have only been taking Heroes as the main lead and the heroines seem to be revolving around her. Bollywood celebs have been always taking women granted and Women have been trying their best to play big roles and still they have been not played a role in their upcoming movie. Bollywood celebs have been working very hard for their movies and they are delighted to work over here. It is very recently that a new trend called ‘women-centric films’ is making its presence felt. Otherwise, for a long span now, the Indian audience is used to films where the story, be it tragic or heroic, solely revolves around the hero and the heroine (we prefer to call her the lead actress though) is a catalyst to the story. This is not only an unfair practice but also does sheer injustice to a performer’s potential. Or is it the notion that a woman can’t pull a film alone? Out of this very notion, a disparity in treatment towards an actor and an actress still exists. You would often come across films where alongside a superstar, a relatively lesser known actress is roped in. Quite obviously, the hero grabs all the limelight and the actress is happy with her little share of fame. Ashutosh Gowariker’s latest film ‘Mohenjo Daro’ sank at the box office without making any mark and many amongst the audience found newcomer Pooja Hegde to be a disappointment. Because she was a newcomer? No, because she was simply overshadowed and had little to perform. The makers probably thought Roshan’s name would do all the wonders, which it did not. The same happened with Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Fan’. None among Waluscha De Sousa, Sayani Gupta, and Shriya Pilgaonkar had anything to do with the film, let alone pulling the film over. It was a screenplay dominated by SRK alone and still did not manage to survive. Bollywood has witnessed many debutantes and a number of them have made it big in the industry. Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma, and Parineeti Chopra are examples for you. Take the two latest hits ‘Sultan’ and ‘Rustom’. Moral of the story? Let the actress perform. Have you money to invest in the actor? Care to invest in the actress too. Find talents, nurture talents. On a larger note, this is not a debate to bring the actresses more spotlight. It is about demanding the makers to bring about a parity in the portrayal of characters and giving them equal space to establish their respective roles.

Murtaza Rangwala

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