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Not only the role of the heroine or the female lead, Mr.
Bachchan said that even the character of mothers has changed over years. But what cinema could do is record the collective memory of the people and the times,” Mr.
Ghose said. Drawing inferences from decades of Indian cinema, he spoke of the changes in women and their relationship with the home and the world, their status within a relationship, women in education, in politics, and the issue of sexual exploitation. — Photo: PTIAddresses gathering at inauguration on the evolving portrayal of women in cinema: Analysing the space that women have occupied in Indian cinema, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on Friday spoke about how the shifting portrayal of female characters in the movies is related to the rights and social progress of women in the country. Mr.
Bachchan said that the character of Saba in the recent film Ae Dil Hai Muskil, played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, turned the tables on men..