Why just a damsel in distress or a dumb bimbette?
The modern Indian woman is an achiever, a go getter, scaling new heights every day and constantly re-inventing herself. She has evolved into an independent, intelligent, confident and resilient individual, intact with all her charm and beauty. She is as always the eternal embodiment of love, compassion and kindness, gracefully balancing her home and career. Amidst all the path- breaking accomplishments and transformations of women over the years both in India and the world over, the representation of the contemporary Indian woman in Tamil Cinema is extremely dismal and disheartening. With the exception of a few directors and script writers who have churned out some memorable, positive and strong roles for women, the rest have fallen into the trap of typecasting female actors into one broad category-“EYECANDY”. She is a miniscule part of the film, a diversion of some kind, prancing around in scanty costumes for a few songs and scenes and then vanishes into obscurity. Under the garb of “
