![]() The independent, revengeful woman is here to stay, whether as the dominant presence in a woman-oriented film, or as the junior partner in the typical male-dominated film.ĭimple plays the tough cop: Seeking revenge ![]() Nor can the audience accept the character any more, she feels. Nevertheless, she acknowledges it is no longer possible to play the suffering, sacrificing woman. "But now they make you light and they also make you dance, but they don't pay you as much as they pay the hero." "It's more fun doing whatever Amitabb Bachcban has been doing," she says. "It's really very tiring, and sometimes after riding horses the whole day I can't get up from bed the next morning." confesses Sridevi.ĭimple though remains typically sardonic about her new avatar, a far cry from the gentle. All this action brings a new dimension to work. "Dimple loves to do the action scenes, and that makes things a lot more believable in these films." says director Raj Sippy, who has cast her as a dacoit in Kali Ganga. As a result, she makes a character like police inspector Kiran Dutt in Zakhmi Aurat much more convincing, even if the rather clinical castration scenes rob the film of its credibility later on. A star like Dimple, for instance, has a penchant for doing many of the stunt scenes herself. Most actresses are certainly doing much more than they had ever done in the past. I wanted to do something which no other heroine has done." "She is the queen of the underworld, she is crazy for gold, she is a maniac, almost a kinky character. "Madam X is one negative character the world will love," she exults. Neither can Rekha conceal her own excitement at having bagged the film in which she plays a double role for only the second time in her career. As she regally enters her cell, the police chief cannot conceal his excitement at having nabbed the notorious international criminal.Ĭut. Between two subdued police constables stands the beautiful, defiant Madam X - Rekha in a flamboyant magenta costume, complete with turban, black fishnet gloves and black leather boots. A steaming hot, dingy jail on the sets of Deepak Mirchandani's Madam Xat the Filmistan Studios in Bombay. "But now for the first time I feel satisfied as an actress." "After playing the typical Hindi flim heroine for 16 years, I was bored and almost gave up films two years ago," she confesses. Rekha herself acknowledges the difference the new wave has made to her career. "The new trend is giving heroines an opportunity to act also, but only strong actresses like Rekha can carry off these films." says Screen editor Udaya Tara Nayar. It is no different for the other heroines, whether it's Mandakini hugging an AK-47 rifle in Commando, or Hema wielding knives in Hiraasat, or Rekha fighting the corrupt with karate in Bhrashtachar. Bokadia's latest, untitled film, she even fights villain Anupam Kher single-handed while hero Jackie Shroff looks on. now she knows that a fight sequence has got to be there also. As Sridevi points out, earlier she would be sure of having to do a song-and-dance number in every film. So much so that the heroines now have to do everything that the hero does, and a little more, even in male-dominated films. there is no denying the fact that studios are churning out films with heroines in the lead. created reverberations which, Benegal feels, have found expression in the formula of the women-oriented films.īut whether the formula is a durable success or not. But Smita is now dead and Shabana is in virtual retirement. As Shyam Benegal, the new wave Hindi cinema's most successful director, points out, these women were extensions of the universal archetype best represented by Nargis in Mother India.
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