Women’s Day Special: Kickass Bollywood Actress Whose Films Dealt With Women Oriented Issues

Gone are the days when Bollywood actresses only essayed the parts of obedient housewives and daughter-in-laws on the big screen. In today’s cinema, we see many actresses – established as well as those making a name for themselves – taking up roles that are pretty unconventional.

Not only this, these powerful personas also make sure that they put forth their views and opinions that are heard by all. They don’t shy away from cameras while addressing topics such as body shaming, sexual harassment, and more.

This Women’s day, we look at such fierce women of Bollywood who managed time and again to take a stand and let their voice be heard.

Priyanka Chopra

Ms. Chopra is the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. She doesn’t hold back on what she feels about women’s issues and has often taken up initiatives towards women empowerment. The Bollywood/Hollywood actress feels that women empowerment is about changing the mindsets. She has often spoken about gender equality and the right meaning of feminism at various events.

Richa Chadha

The Fukrey actress Richa Chadha took a bold stand over the #MeToo campaign. She wrote an open letter where she quoted, “Don’t Just Discuss Sexual Harassment When It’s Trending” – an apt highlight to show how social media is a place where things are discussed only in numbers when it’s trending.

Taapsee Pannu

Taapsee is known for doing her bit for society besides being in news with regards to her films. Having worked in films like PINK and Naam Shabana, Taapsee became the face of woman empowerment for having portrayed strong roles on screen as well as in the ad world. Taapsee never hesitates to fight against the wrong be it telling other to stand for themselves on social media or stand for themselves in real life through self-defense training.

Kalki Koechlin

Kalki has time and again used her acting powers and influences to talk about gender inequality and gender violence. She also used a public platform to perform a solo act highlighting women abuse. Her poems like ‘Noise‘, ‘Dear Men‘, ‘It’s your fault‘, ‘The Printing Machine‘, all took a different route to discuss the plight of women in our country.

Nandita Das

The talented Nandita never shies away from expressing her opinion against any kind of injustice. She has always spoken about the stereotypes that surround skin colour. She was the face of the campaign ‘Dark is Beautiful’, addressing the prejudices against dark skin.

We salute these and the many other women worldwide who have and are still taking a stand for the betterment of women.

We wish all a very Happy Women’s Day.