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Indian Feminist Theme Movies

by rakshita_parihar • Created 7 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
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  • Fahadh Faasil and Rima Kallingal in 22 Female Kottayam (2012)

    1. 22 Female Kottayam

    20122h
    7.4 (2.6K)
    A 22 year old nurse who was betrayed and raped exerts some extreme revenge on her tormentors.
    DirectorAashiq AbuStarsVijay BabuRima KallingalFahadh Faasil
  • Jyotika, Rahman, and Abhirami in 36 Vayadhinile (2015)

    2. 36 Vayadhinile

    20151h 55m
    6.9 (1K)
    A 36 years old woman rediscovers her lost charisma while overcoming profound odds from a patriarchal society.
    DirectorRosshan AndrrewsStarsJyotikaRahmanAbhirami
  • Aandhi (1975)

    3. Aandhi

    19752h 13m
    7.9 (1.7K)
    Hotel manager J.K. (Sanjeev Kumar) works there. One day, he bravely steps in to save Aarti, the drunken daughter of a politician (Suchitra Sen). Aarti and J.K. have a small ceremony to celebrate their marriage after falling in love. The married pair decides to separate after a few years because of several issues. Aarti and J.K. eventually cross paths again when she has achieved political success. Both of them sense a connection despite their distance, but Aarti is reluctant to speak up for fear of having her reputation ruined and endangering her profession. However, when the opposing party conducts a rally to disparage and humiliate Aarti Devi, When she gets there, she informs the populace and voters of her decision to leave her husband and family in order to serve this nation's citizens. The public respects her and is deeply moved by her voice and selflessness. J.K. arrives there as well and offers her support; she is overjoyed and moves on. She is elected and goes on to have a fulfilling life.
    DirectorGulzarStarsSuchitra SenSanjeev KumarOm Shivpuri
  • Aaravalli (1957)

    4. Aaravalli

    19573h 30mNot Rated
    6.3 (17)
    Aaravalli is a women-oriented story. Aaravalli is the name of Queen who rules on Men. The story is set in the kingdom of Nellurupattinam of which the title character Aaravalli (G. Varalakshmi) and her sister Sooravalli (S. Mohana) are disputed rulers. The story in fact refers to seven sisters, but the reins of control were in the hands of these two women Aravalli and Sooravalli, who are described as magician. Bheema offers to conquer them. But Bheema (Thirupathisamy) faces defeat at the hands of these two women, who utterly humiliate him and send to prison. But he escape from prison. Then, Sooravalli visits Indraprasta and she complains to King Dharma (K. Nadarajan) for his brother Bheema and Dharma send back his brother for nelluru pattinam. The astrologer skill Sahadevan to formulated a master plan against the two cunning women. The plan is their nephew Alli muthu (S. G. Eswar) the son of their Sister Sangavathy (M. S. Draupadi), for the specific purpose of taking challenged posed sisters on behalf Pandavas. So, Alli Muthu and his companion named as Arayathi (Kaka Radhakrishnan) arrival to Nelluru Pattinam Kingdom. After long travel, their spent few hours for rest and Vainsh hungry and thirsty. Alli Muthu was got some rarity herbal nearby the water pond and their kept at it. Finally, their come to Nelluru pattinam and meets the magician's Queens and her posed three challenge to him. And alli Muthu accepts three challenges. alli Muthu meets Aaravalli's daughter alangaravalli (Mynavathi) at palace his impressed with her. Alangavalli and Alli Muthu fall in love. Then Alli Muthu faced three challenges and victory end of this challenge to help of dominate queen daughter Alangaravalli. As a sign of their submission the two queens offers their daughter alangaravalli in married to victory. The newly wedded couple and Arayathi arrives to Indraprasta Kingdom. The pair make their way into forest where the bride in her innocence follows the instruction of her mother and g
    StarVaralakshmi G.
  • Angry Indian Goddesses (2015)

    5. Angry Indian Goddesses

    20151h 55m
    6.9 (3K)
    A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.
    DirectorPan NalinStarsAmy MagheraRajshri DeshpandePavleen Gujral
  • Jaya Prada in Anthuleni Katha (1976)

    6. Anthuleni Katha

    19762h 30m
    8.1 (126)
    The story of an elder sister trying to run a family devoid of father and a useless brother.
    DirectorK. BalachanderStarsJaya PradaJayalakshmiRajinikanth
  • Kamal Haasan, Pramila, and Sivakumar in Arangetram (1973)

    7. Arangetram

    19732h 32mNot Rated
    7.8 (138)
    When a Brahmin family finds diminishing monetary opportunities in traditional priestly functions, the daughter must go out and work.
    DirectorK. BalachanderStarsPramilaSivakumarKamal Haasan
  • Arth (1982)

    8. Arth

    19822h 18m
    7.8 (1.6K)
    A film-maker who is having an extra-marital affair with an actress decides to leave his wife. Arth is the story of this women's search for her identity.
    DirectorMahesh BhattStarsShabana AzmiKulbhushan KharbandaSmita Patil
  • Astitva (2000)

    9. Astitva

    20001h 49mNot Rated
    7.3 (850)
    Happiness of Shrikant and Aditi's twenty seven year old marriage is over. After it's reveled that Aditi is beneficiary to the property of late Malhar Kamat. Which opens many streets from the past.
    DirectorMahesh ManjrekarStarsTabuSachin KhedekarMohnish Behl
  • Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, and Sripriya in Aval Appadithaan (1978)

    10. Aval Appadithaan

    19781h 54m
    8.1 (318)
    The film revolves around a solitary women, her plight and ordeal against evil society.
    DirectorC. RudraiyaaStarsSripriyaKamal HaasanRajinikanth
  • Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974)

    11. Aval Oru Thodar Kathai

    19742h 43m
    7.9 (167)
    Kavitha, a young woman, is the sole bread winner for her family. In order to fulfill their dreams and ambitions, she puts herself through the daily grind of working in an office maintaining a tough exterior at home and at office. The delays in her marriage with her lover Tilak, frustrates him but he decides to wait for her. Eventually when Kavitha consents to marriage, Tilak springs up an unpleasant surprise.
    DirectorK. BalachanderStarsKamal HaasanSujathaJai Ganesh
  • Kamal Haasan in Avargal (1977)

    12. Avargal

    19772h 47m
    7.3 (204)
    The movie revolves around the trials and tribulations of Anu (Sujatha). Anu is a happy-go-lucky girl who is in love with her boyfriend. Her life changes when her father gets transferred to Mumbai (then Bombay). Her love life falls apart as she gets no response to any of her letters from her love. In addition, her father becomes seriously ill. Her father's office colleague, Ramanathan (Rajnikanth), becomes the new pillar of support for her in these tough times. Soon, he asks for her hand in marriage. She accepts gratefully, and confesses that she had a boyfriend, who has seemingly forgotten her. However, she soon realizes that Ramanathan is a sadistic and jealous husband, who tortures her no end so she opts for a divorce. As a divorced woman, with an infant in her hands, she lands in Chennai (Madras) to take up a new job and start a new life. Her life takes a turn for the better in Chennai with a very supportive friend-group in her office, particularly a widower, Janardhan a.k.a Johnnie (Kamal Hassan)who is a talented ventriloquist talking through his puppet, Junior. He falls in love with Anu, but is unable to muster up the courage to tell her about it. In an interesting cinematic twist, her ex-husband's mother discovers her presence in the city and takes up a job as a maid in her house. Anu also stumbles upon her old lover in Chennai and discovers that her letters to him never reached as they were intercepted by his mentally-challenged sister. Soon, Anu renews her relationship with her old love and life seems to be looking up for her. But the ghosts of the past continue to haunt her. Ramanathan comes to Chennai in the role of her boss - a contrite and repentant Ramanathan, who now wants to re-marry Anu and redress the wrongs he had done. The situation becomes piquant with 3 men vying for Anu - her ex-love, her ex-husband and a silent lover lurking on the sidelines.
    DirectorK. BalachanderStarsSujathaKamal HaasanRajinikanth
  • Bandit Queen (1994)

    13. Bandit Queen

    19941h 59mNot Rated
    7.5 (5.6K)
    The story of bandit queen Phoolan Devi, who was sent to prison in 1983 and released in 1994.
    DirectorShekhar KapurStarsSeema BiswasNirmal PandeyRajesh Vivek
  • Sridevi in English Vinglish (2012)

    14. English Vinglish

    20122h 14mNot Rated
    7.8 (41K)
    A quiet, sweet tempered housewife endures small slights from her well-educated husband and daughter every day because of her inability to speak and understand English.
    DirectorGauri ShindeStarsSrideviAdil HussainMehdi Nebbou
  • Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kangana Ranaut, and Mugdha Godse in Fashion (2008)

    15. Fashion

    20082h 47m
    6.9 (13K)
    A small-town girl finally realizes her dream of becoming a famous supermodel but soon finds out that her glamorous new life has a price.
    DirectorMadhur BhandarkarStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasKangana RanautMugdha Godse
  • Bol (2011)

    16. Bol

    20112h 31mNot Rated
    8.2 (9.3K)
    A female convict on death row, her last wish is to tell her story to the media.
    DirectorShoaib MansoorStarsHumaima MalikManzar SehbaiShafqat Cheema
  • Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shukla, Vidya Malvade, Kimberly Miranda, Anaitha Nair, Nichola Sequeira, Chitrashi Rawat, Sandia Furtado, Raynia Mascerhanas, Shubhi Mehta, Nisha Nair, Tanya Abrol, Arya Menon, Sagarika Ghatge, Kimi Laldawla, Masochon V. Zimik, and Seema Azmi in Chak De! India (2007)

    17. Chak De! India

    20072h 33mNot Rated68Metascore
    8.1 (88K)
    Kabir Khan, the coach of the Indian Women's National Hockey Team, dreams of making his all-girls team emerge victorious against all odds.
    DirectorShimit AminStarsShah Rukh KhanVidya MalvadeSagarika Ghatge
  • Fire (1996)

    18. Fire

    19961h 44mPG-1364Metascore
    7.1 (6.6K)
    Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.
    DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsShabana AzmiNandita DasKarishma Jhalani
  • Hari-Bhari (2000)

    19. Hari-Bhari

    20002h 14m
    7.5 (125)
    Ghazala (Shabana Azmi) has been married to Munirmiya (Srivallabh Vyas) for several years, and has given birth to a daughter, Salma (Rajeshwari Sachdev) Munir is unhappy that Ghazala has been unable to bear him any sons, and is forced to face his abuse, and then is subsequently thrown out of the house, in order to make way for him to marry again; Hasina (Surekha Sigri-Rege) is Ghazala's mom, married at a very young age, to an older man, faces the risk of cancer of the uterus; Educated, Arrogant and god-fearing Afsana (Nandita Das) has three children, and is upset with her spouse, Khurshid (Rajit Kapur), Hasina's son, for undergoing a vasectomy, and leaves him; Najma (Alka Trivedi) is an uneducated housewife, having given birth to seven children, five of whom have died so far due to malnutrition, and is the wife of Khaleej, Hasina's older son; Salma is the daughter of Ghazala, who is expected to marry at an early age, to a much older man, as there is no point in her undergoing further education, mainly due to her dad abandoning her.
    DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShabana AzmiRajit KapoorRajeshwari Sachdev
  • Manju Warrier in How Old Are You? (2014)

    20. How Old Are You?

    20142h 2mUnrated
    7.1 (1.6K)
    A lady rediscovers her lost charisma for the good of the society overcoming strong odds from a patriarchal society.
    DirectorRosshan AndrrewsStarsManju WarrierKunchacko BobanAmritha Anil
  • S.J. Suryah, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Anjali, Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha, and Pooja Devariya in Iraivi (2016)

    21. Iraivi

    20162h 40m
    8.0 (3.9K)
    A drama about an alcoholic filmmaker and his friends who bring trouble to the women in their lives.
    DirectorKarthik SubbarajStarsS.J. SuryahVijay SethupathiBobby Simha
  • Madhavan, Ritika Singh, and Mumtaz Sorcar in Irudhi Suttru (2016)

    22. Irudhi Suttru

    20161h 49mNot Rated
    7.6 (13K)
    The story of a former boxer who quits boxing following a fallout with the authorities over the underlying politics but goes on to coach a fisherwoman to fulfill his dream through her.
    DirectorSudha KongaraStarsMadhavanNassarRadha Ravi
  • Aamina Sheikh in Josh (2013)

    23. Josh

    20131h 44mNot Rated
    7.0 (1.1K)
    Fatima, a teacher living her elite life in Karachi, shattered, when her nanny Nusrat, inexplicably disappears. Fatima travels to investigate her disappearance and finds a dangerous truth about Nusrat and her village.
    DirectorIram Parveen BilalStarsAamina SheikhKhalid MalikMohib Mirza
  • Gemini Ganesan and Sowcar Janaki in Kaaviya Thalaivi (1970)

    24. Kaaviya Thalaivi

    19702h 46m
    6.9 (17)
    DirectorK. BalachanderStarsGemini GanesanSowcar JanakiRavichandran
  • Vidya Balan in Kahaani (2012)

    25. Kahaani

    20122h 2mNot Rated
    8.1 (68K)
    A pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.
    DirectorSujoy GhoshStarsVidya BalanParambrata ChattopadhyayIndraneil Sengupta

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