Women have a distinguished place in Indian society and their status inside and outside home is always kept at a high pedestal. No doubt, we witness these days incidents of exploitation of women sexually and otherwise, but these could be aberrations. In India, family ties are strong and the focal point in these ties is women in different roles of mother, wife and sister.

Indian films portray women in different colours and shades. Bollywood i.e. Hindi cinema is flooded with women centric films if we look at the films particularly released since last decade. This book talks about this trend while analysing many such films in which lady actors play dominant roles.

The aspects of sex and sexuality have also been dominating Bollywood. So, many authors in this book have written about labelling of women as weaker sex and female sexuality. Also, Hindi films on the theme of homosexuality have been analysed by scholars. Even issues like the role of Bollywood in normalising stalking of women have been picked up for analyses.

To the delight of rational and progressive human beings issues of feminism. empowerment and emancipation of women in different forms are being chosen by contemporary Indian filmmakers. Films like Queen, Padman and Toilet Ek Prem Kasha have been picked up for study by researchers and you can read the findings of such studies in this book.

Films contribute to social transformation as well by rejecting social divide in the name of caste and community. While some films take up the issue of representation of Muslim women, others delve into issues of dalit representation. This book carries articles on such pertinent themes as interpreted in Indian films.