Girl Power in Bollywood

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Rani Mukherjee's new film, Dil Bole Hadipaa, starring Shahid Kapoor, has highlighted a rare trend in Bollywood. In the films promo and wallpaper, Rani Mukherjje is being given more significance. The promo is full of Rani and the Wallpaper says "Rani and Shahid" as opposed to the male dominated Bollywood that would usually read "Shahid and Rani".
Certain actresses who are superstars have created that rare powerful position in the industry where they are being given more importance than their male costars.
Some examples are:
Madhuri Dixit- Perhaps the most powerfull actress ever, her producers could ensure that a film would do well just because of her name. Such was the power of Madhuri Dixit. Hum Aapke hain Kaun is one of the biggest Bollywood hits ever. Apart from the fact that Madhuri was the heartbeat of that film, her name comes before Salman Khan's in the opening credits. It reads "Starring Madhuri Dixit" and then Salmans name comes second. Films such as Raja were also superhits and everyone knows its because of Madhuri's screen presence and power to ensure box office success.
Sridevi- another actress who was a personified superstar. Films like Chaalbaaz and Chandni had Sridevi taking center stage. She was strong enought to pull the crowds to come watch her.
Kajol- She is in almost everyones top 10 list of favorite actresses. Such was her unique charisma and charm that audiences would flock to see her films. She was the soul of films like KKHH and K3G. One of the msot successfull actresses in her time, she was able to make a super successful comeback wih Fanna. Audeinces wanted to rexperience the Kajol Magic.
Kareena Kapoor- although not up to par with the women listed above, she was able to make Jab We Met a super duper success. She was the soul of the film and had the most importance in making the film a hit.
Priyanka Chopra- Fashion is said to be the most successfull women centric film in Bollywood. Thats quite an accomplishment for Piggy chops
Katrina Kaif- Say what you want about her acting skills, but she is the nations heartthrob. People flock to see her films and that is being proven by the success of New York.
Aishwarya Rai- The woman has legions of fans and they cant wait to watch her next films. She is powerfull in the sense that she is 35 and still going so strong in the industry. Plus being a Bachchan adds to the power quoitent.

Who Do you think is an actress that is more powerful and a bigger box office pull than her male costars?













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lololaughing's picture

why is katrina here, people don't come to see her, it's her superstar male costars who make the audiences come to the theaters, her item songs may be a pull but not as much as these other wonderful actresses

Shy_lovesSRK's picture

I love madhuri,juhi, Rani, ash and pc wish they would make film with srk ... Xx

Shy_lovesSRK's picture

Eugh how can katrina kaif b compared with all this actresses they are legends I think katrina shouldn't even get comparison with pc n kareena forget all the other legends like maduri n sridevi

KareenaKapoor_Khan's picture

Kareena Kapoor-Khan has the ultimative Girl Power :)

Anonymous's picture

aishwarya rai should not stay in the list .She is here only because of her beauty and surname bachchan.she has no talent.

Voiceswriter's picture

Kat does not belong, sorry.

Anonymous's picture

Sridevi has the maximum of heroine oriented hits.Madhuri had a lot of hit films, but they never revolved around her. The film would be around the man or his relationship with her
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who's silly man wrote above statement....sridevi has only one hit heroine oriented movie that is called nagina..which i thnx to sarooj je for choregraphy and the theme of the songs "mai nagin tu sapira" that's the song reason movie have to be hit nothing else....chandni,gumrah,banjaran and lamhe all her movies did badly bomb in the box office....someone have to note the box office result from the net without any frustartion/jealousy and irritation from madhuri....as for as concern madhuri....madhuri highlighted herself even in the male oriented movies that is big achievement for an actress........Dit hits becoz of madhuri....sajan,khalnayak and thanedar hit becoz of madhuri and sanjay dut pairing.....tezaz hit becoz of madhuri song..beta hit becoz of madhuri song..raja hit becoz of madhuri factor....hum app ki hain koun hit becoz of madhuri beauty and infleune becoz after hum app ki hain koun release....Time of india published "Madhuri tera darshaak dewana"/Madhuri tera viewvers dewanna...

Anonymous's picture

where is KARISMA KAPOOR ???

Anonymous's picture

Sridevi has the maximum of heroine oriented hits. Madhuri had a lot of hit films, but they never revolved around her. The film would be around the man or his relationship with her, and she would shine in a song, but Sridevi carried films on her shoulders.

Anonymous's picture

Madhuri is the best in all aspect of the cinema techniques..

Anonymous's picture

Sreedevi is the most powerful one.

Anonymous's picture

SRIDEVI.

Anonymous's picture

In my opinion Sridevi is the best actress till date.

Anonymous's picture

those who say madhuri better than SRI have never watched SOUTHERN TAMIL FILMS.i can assure that .if u watch tamil moondrum pirai ( SADMA is remake of this) or tamil MEENDUM KOKILA or tamil MOONDRU MIDICHU or POOMBATTU ( sri as child actress won kerala STATE GOVT award) would never claim MADHURI as best actress
also TELUGU oka radha iddharu krishnulu ( SRI COMEDY TIMING WAS SUPERB WITH KAMAL) in this telugu movie..i doubt madhuri could perform half of SRI in tjsi movie..

mind u guys like in hindhi films southern films dont need costumes and dances( where of course MADHURI is better than SRI lol but in southern films an ACTRESS NEED TO ACT not dance)

after watching the films below then please honestly think CAN MADHURI EVER DELIVER HALF OF THAT DELIVERED BY SRI in those movies .all madhuri fans place u r hand on u r heart and think impartially and say the answer please
MOONDRUM PIRAI (SADMA was nothing IN PERFORMANCE before this original tamil version ..SRI got TAMIL STATE GOVT AWARD for thsi movie)
MEENDUM KOKILA ( absolutely zero make up for SRI in this movie CAN U SERIOUSLY IMAGINE MADHURI FANS . MADHURI IN ZERO MAKE UP!)
MOONDRU MIDICHU ( SRI was 14 years old when she acted in this movie but delivered mind blowing performance)
POOMBATTU ( kerala film SRI as child actress)

ALSO for KSHANA KSHANAM telugu movie she got ANDHRA PRADESH GOVT STATE AWARD.

I BET ALL KARRENAS ,KATRINAS ,PRIYANKAS AND AISHWARYAS cant perform as SRI did in those above movies.seriously imagine them doing those roles ..first watch those films and then think honestly

Anonymous's picture

those who say madhuri better than SRI have never watched SOUTHERN TAMIL FILMS.i can assure that .if u watch tamil moondrum pirai ( SADMA is remake of this) or tamil MEENDUM KOKILA or tamil MOONDRU MIDICHU or POOMBATTU ( sri as child actress won kerala STATE GOVT award) would never claim MADHURI as best actress
also TELUGU oka radha iddharu krishnulu ( SRI COMEDY TIMING WAS SUPERB WITH KAMAL) in this telugu movie..i doubt madhuri could perform half of SRI in tjsi movie..

mind u guys like in hindhi films southern films dont need costumes and dances( where of course MADHURI is better than SRI lol but in southern films an ACTRESS NEED TO ACT not dance)

after watching the films below then please honestly think CAN MADHURI EVER DELIVER HALF OF THAT DELIVERED BY SRI in those movies .all madhuri fans place u r hand on u r heart and think impartially and say the answer please
MOONDRUM PIRAI (SADMA was nothing before this original tamil version ..SRI got TAMIL STATE GOVT AWARD for thsi movie)
MEENDUM KOKILA ( absolutely zero make up for SRI in this movie CAN U SERIOUSLY IMAGINE MADHURI FANS . MADHURI IN ZERO MAKE UP!)
MOONDRU MIDICHU ( SRI was 14 years old when she acted in this movie but delivered mind blowing performance)
POOMBATTU ( kerala film SRI as child actress)

ALSO for KSHANA KSHANAM telugu movie she got ANDHRA PRADESH GOVT STATE AWARD.

Anonymous's picture

kareena

Anonymous's picture

i think kareena and rani are the most powerful actress

Anonymous's picture

Priyanka was fabulous in fashion and Rani was fabulous in black.....madhuri herlself a very accomplished actor......

Anonymous's picture

Can anyone be ever like madhuri?....the answer is......No,never ever...... if other actreses fan's mute their volume and do not make a noise, they can still understand what madhuri expressed in whole of her career. Her eyes speak, her smile explains, and her body delievers - that's what you call a BEST dancer!,her dialouge delivery,her hindi accent,her protagnancy,her diction and rythemic in dialouge scene,that's you call her a finest one actress....madhuri you are a living legend who still lives in peoples' heart and there is no doubt about it!

Anonymous's picture

Priyanka all the way.
She is powerful in acting & also looks best. Though she needs to chose good scripts !

Anonymous's picture

ash ash ash!!!
then madhuri

Anonymous's picture

Any indian actress is worth praises than wannabe foreign girls who do not know anything about legendary stars, movies and culture. Get rid of them before they rip hardworking girls from their dreams of becoming a star. These foriegn girls never had that dream of bollywood.

Anonymous's picture

A hint of Nargis, a hint of Meena Kumari and a hint of Madhubala. The combination of these three legendary and best actreeses is what is known as the queen bee Madhuri. Nobody comes close to her caliber. She is and will always be the biggest superstar of bollywood.

Anonymous's picture

If sridevi was a powerfull actress how can madhuri be lucky? though she was ahead from the filmi family.

Anonymous's picture

madhuri is the only actress of india who have to be worshipped...... her fans in jamshedpure worship her infron of her photto......bbc found that of her temple....

Anonymous's picture

Madhuri is certainly not the most powerful....the actress does not have a sinlgle film where she is the central character except a long forgotten Prakash Jha film...
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WHO have written above statement...rubish person do not know.madhuri take the main character in hum app ki hain koun,mrityodand,wajood,gaja gamini,aja nach ley......prem purtagiyaa hit movie of that year.... her name comes before hero like hum app ki hain koun,rajja,gaja gamini and ajaa nach ley movies.

Anonymous's picture

for me ultimate madhuri......

Anonymous's picture

madhuri is the most desireable actress of 2011 even in age 46.that is the perfect power of an actress over the audiance and cinema.

Anonymous's picture

Madhuri is certainly not the most powerful....the actress does not have a sinlgle film where she is the central character except a long forgotten Prakash Jha film...she always ended up as the hero's heroine...Sridevi on the other hand had films like Nagina, Chaalbaaz, Chandni, Gumrah, Army and Judaai where the plot revolves around her....and not to mention the many double roles that were written for her.....how many double roles does Madhuri have???.......that's power...In Army Sridevi's name comes before SRK and in Chand ka Tukda before Salman.....Sri's the only actress who was No. 1 for a decade.....not even Madhuri can match that....

Anonymous's picture

Madhuri only complete dancer of the bollywood. All types of dances she did so well.

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