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[F] Friendships and Women in Movies #AtoZChallenge Day6

Friendships between men and women are inherently different . That’s not an opinion or an observation , that’s a fact . Men are more of the ‘let’s catch some beer’ kind of friends whatever be the context [ break up or promotion ] . For women , Friendships are complicated , all-consuming , emotional , high involvement . They… Continue reading [F] Friendships and Women in Movies #AtoZChallenge Day6

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[E] Elder Women Vs the Age Gap #AtoZChallenge Day5

Over the last 4 days in my 26 part series , we have explored representation of Women in Movies . I’ve attempted to put forth stats and findings from various studies that compare visibility and nature of depiction of female actors in popular Indian movies with our global counterparts. The focus so far has been on the positivity ,… Continue reading [E] Elder Women Vs the Age Gap #AtoZChallenge Day5

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[D] Dressing it up or maybe not? #AtoZChallenge Day4

You and I may watch movies for different reasons – riveting storytelling , our favorite celebrities , the songs and dance . But the popular cinema is called so precisely because it cuts across audience from geographies and cultures irrespective of their expectations from a movie watching experience . So if there’s one thing we love our movies for then its their… Continue reading [D] Dressing it up or maybe not? #AtoZChallenge Day4

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[C] Careers & Beyond – Can they have it all? #AtoZChallenge Day 3

In India , it’s said that women can have a job , not a career.  But however dismal our workforce representation stats might be they can’t beat how misrepresented career oriented women are in popular cinema. In my Theme Reveal post I shared the finding of a recent study called Gender Bias Without Borders [ an investigation of… Continue reading [C] Careers & Beyond – Can they have it all? #AtoZChallenge Day 3

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[A] Ambition isn’t a dirty word #AtoZChallenge Day 1

It feels like yesterday , when the 2016 April left me partially overwhelmed and completely thrilled . It’s my second daily blogging challenge ever and starting today , I’ll be exploring representation of women in contemporary movies through the month under the #AtoZChallenge 2017. *** I have always believed , Movies are a representation of real life . They… Continue reading [A] Ambition isn’t a dirty word #AtoZChallenge Day 1

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Women In Movies #AtoZChallenge #ThemeReveal

Last year , on the day of the Theme Reveal I’d taken a 5AM flight in the morning , a bus journey to another city at 5PM ,  posted my theme reveal around midnight & stayed up to read countless blogs thereafter. The inspirational story about my Theme Reveal this year is that I have one! So on that exciting note , let’s kickstart… Continue reading Women In Movies #AtoZChallenge #ThemeReveal