Power is seductive. Power is a rush. Much like a drug. In an industry dominated by men, some of our women have managed to hold their own. Be it singlehandedly carrying a film to box office success or taking on jobs earlier considered a man’s job, our women are doing it all and more. Bollywood ladies have always captured our imagination, both in reel and real life. Not only do they ignite our emotions with their talent on-screen, but some of them have also left an inspiring mark with their off-screen lives. Let us salute some of these powerful women in the Indian film industry. Todays Demure Drapes sari~power story is zara hatke. Featuring some of the bollywoods power women in their sari avatars.. (collective tinsel town sari~power) This lady can change fortunes! The K-star has moved from television to films with ease, growing from strength to strength with every project. She is everywhere.. Ekta Kapoor, a lady you can never ignore her. She is the one who has proved that star kids are not just limited to follow their parents’ footsteps. Even though many say that most of her soap operas are regressive, but she did revolutionise Indian television with her own saas-bahu formula. Vidya Balan is one Bollywood diva, who is experimental, outspoken and bindaas.Vidya Balan is in a league of her own. Be it her curves in The Dirty Picture or a baby-bump in Kahaani, she carries everything with supreme confidence. Not giving a damn about the size zero phenomena and giving confidence to Indian women all over to love their ample curves. Unlike other actresses who tread the safe path, Vidya has always done the unimaginable. Her choice of films is proof of that. From winning the Miss World title to being the top actress of Bollywood, Priyanka Chopra never fails to wonder. If that was not enough, the leggy lass is now a popular singer too. She is one of the leading actresses of the industry and has given some memorable performances in movies like 7 Khoon Maaf , Fashion, Barfi and Mary Kom! She is cool, suave and extremely successful. Having worked with top directors and actors, she is considered as one of the most bankable female stars of the industry. She even won a National Award for Fashion. Even though she’s completed a decade in the industry, she remains hot property due to her versatility, dedication and hard work. After delivering four back-to-back hits, this gorgeous Bollywood actress, Deepika Padukone, is the reigning queen of Bollywood. She has a Midas touch and manages to make every movie she acts in a blockbuster hit. The beauty queen has proved her critics wrongs, who said she cant act, by giving excellent performances in Cocktail and Ram-Leela. Despite being from a non-filmy background, she has managed to shine and rule the industry. In fact she is considered as the new Khan of the film industry as she has the power to carry a film on her shoulders. Her freshness and innocence is a huge hit with the audience. The best bromantic movie of Bollywood, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is directed by a woman! With both of her films Zoya Akhtar has shown the bigwigs of Bollywood that it’s not just the men who can deliver quality content with awesome box office returns. She is one of the few filmmakers we have whose movie Dil Dhadakne Do, which is due to release next year has already created an unprecedented buzz! She makes leading men and women of Bollywood dance at her fingertips, literally! She has a riches to rags and again to riches’ story. Born into a filmy family, which saw bad times after her father’s films flopped, Farah Khan always wanted to work in films. She found her place as a choreographer and went on to become a successful director as well, and more recently a actor. She became a mother of triplets at the age of 43. Farah has seen the highs and lows of life, and has always came out with a smile. The King of Bollywood knows that the real power lies with his queen and Gauri Khan is exactly that! She is the producer of Red Chillies Entertainment and the matriarch of Mannat. But Gauri Khan isn’t limited to the entertainment industry, earlier this year she launched her interior store, Design Cell. On the way to making this role of hers as succesful as she been as a producer, wife and mother! excerpts timeofindia, lifestyle and missmalini....
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:42:19 +0000
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