To honour the movie, its journey, and its legacy, a special screening of English Vinglish will be hosted in the city. On that particular day, the sarees she wore in the movie will also be auctioned off.

Mother’s Day falls on May 8 this year. Here are some films to watch on Mother’s Day that you can enjoy with your mother over the weekend.

From Stanley Ka Dabba to The Lunchbox, Indian filmmakers have explored the element of food in unimaginable and most creative ways.

Not giving out verdicts on the behalf of the Indian audience but these seven Bollywood films calling out sexism should set an example: 

She is a retired teacher who received her kathak training from her father. Post retirement, she is spending her time reliving her hobbies and engaging in entertaining activities like dancing, singing and tabla

English Vinglish is a tale about the homemaker Shashi, who embarks on a journey of redefining herself and finding her worth. Here are dialogues that gives the viewer some serious feminist feels

This Sridevi starrer movie is a beautiful tale of a housewife who doesn’t know English. She is constantly humiliated by her husband and daughter for the same. Her life takes a turn when she visits New York for a wedding. In New York, she learns English and makes new friends who see her as a strong and independent entrepreneur and respect her, unlike her husband and daughter who take her for granted.

The patriarchy, it seems, is petrified of brazen women. The idea of females questioning the limits of gender must be daunting. So does the myth of selflessness only serve to perpetuate exploitive relationships?

With a lack of women-centric movies in Bollywood, here are a few that upheld feminism.

Bollywood’s depiction of a ‘mother’ has seen tremendous change in terms of portrayal of characters, behavioural perception and the ultimate notion of what mothers really are. This, of course, is a welcoming change. A mom, in films, is no longer the person standing at the doorstep with a ‘puja ki thali’, waiting endlessly for her […]