Few filmmakers have been able to break away from the conventional portrayal of young widows in the films. Yesteryear filmmaker Mehboob Khan’s Mother India was one of the first films to do so.

f you are someone who loves getting caught up in movies with your family members, here are five best family entertainment films you can watch this Diwali holiday:

Entertainment can be an agent of social change. Social messages delivered through movies reach the right audience scattered across class, caste and culture.

Kiara Advan’s character Dimple Cheema in Shershaah brought forth a woman who is educated and strong-willed.

Sara’s narrates the tale of a couple who don’t want children. Find more women centric films of 2021 here.

Even though the camera lens is largely male (even with a female director behind it), here are a few films that in a way show the potential of change in the male-driven Bollywood industry: 

Guneet Monga is a BAFTA nominee and one of the first Indian producers inducted to be in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Pagglait Review: Starring Sanya Malhotra, the film attempts to turn the stereotypical figure of the widow on its head.

The feminism in Pagglait may not come as high-sounding discourse, but hits home with the simplest of utterances.

Actor Sanya Malhotra, playing a solo lead for the first time on screen, explains her “complex” character in the dark-comedy Pagglait.