Women-led Hindi-Urdu films
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A global phenomenon
In the article ‘Women-Led Blockbuster Successes Haven’t Killed Movie Gender Gap’ TIME magazine wrote in Sept 2014:
i) According to the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, only 23% of the films distributed internationally from 2010 to 2013 featured female protagonists and only 31% of the speaking characters were women.
ii) Only 8% of the 120 films studied had a female director. The dearth of women-helmed films correlates with how many women made it on-screen: the study showed that films with female directors had a 6.8% higher chance of including more female on-screen, and those with a female writer had a 7.5% higher chance of including women in the cast.
Collections of major female-oriented films
Below is what major female-oriented films have earned during their lifetime:
The Dirty Picture (2011) earned Rs. 9-10 Crore on Day 1; Rs. 52.5 Crore in its 1st week; Rs. 63 Crore in 10 days; Rs. 68 Crore in 2 weeks; Rs.85 crore (in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu).
Queen (2014) Rs.61 crore
Kahaani: (2012) Rs60 crore plus
Mary Kom, the film (2014) Rs53.50 crore (domestic)
Ragini MMS 2 (2014) Rs47 crore (if this film can be put in the 'women-led' category, so must Playboy magazine be)
Heroine (2012) Rs44.25 crore
English Vinglish (2012) Rs.40crore
Mardaani(2014) Rs36 crore
Highway (2014) Rs.27.25 crore
Dedh Ishqiya (2014) Rs. 27 crore
Gulaab Gang (2014) Rs. 14.30 crore
Khoobsurat (2014) Rs 13 crore in four days
Bobby Jasoos (2014) Rs.10.85 crore
Revolver Rani (2014) Rs.10 crore
Lakshmi (2014) (an art film, thus a non-starter)
(Sources include: Joginder Tuteja/ Koimoi tweets @tutejajoginder)
