Kareena Kapoor's Heroine and Sridevi's English Vinglish will release on September 14, 2012
Mumbai:
With women-centric films likeKareena Kapoor's Heroine, Rani Mukherjee's Aiyyaa andSridevi's comeback English Vinglish set to take centrestagein the coming months in Bollywood, heroines are ready tobattle it out at the box office.
The year began with Vidya Balan's Kahaani. The actress,who had already challenged the male dominion at the box officelast year with her superhit The Dirty Picture, broke manystereotypes with the thriller.
The film had a seven-month pregnant heroine without anyrecognisable stars apart from Vidya Balan but managed to earncritical acclaim as well as audience's love.
Bipasha Basu, whose past few films failed to findaudience, delivered a hit with horror Raaz 3 with herportrayal of a fading superstar obssessed with her career.The Bong beauty, who recognises that Bollywood is maledominated, is happy that there is a small opening for femalecentric roles nowadays.
"Bollywood is very hero centric because they pull incrowd. However, there is a small opening for actresses too andI am happy to be a part of it. People want to have women asprotagonists and these are not feminist films. These areinteresting stories told where heroines can have substantialroles," Bipasha told PTI.
Even Kareena Kapoor, who is largely seen playing the glamdoll in hero-centric films, will be seen carrying MadhurBhandarkar's next Heroine on her shoulders. Releasing onSeptember 21, the film again is about a declining superstar.
"I am happy that Heroine has turned out to be mybravest role. Not many actresses would dare to play the roleof a declining superstar," Kareena said.
Contemporary stars Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee, whowere written off by film pundits after being absent from thebig screens, are gearing up to reinstate their position inBollywood with Ishkq In Paris and Aiyyaa this October.
Preity will make a comeback on the big screen with herproduction debut after a gap of four years. The film is set torelease on October 5.
Ishkq In Paris is a romantic film on the journey of twocomplete strangers, who end up spending the evening togetherin the romantic city of Paris.
While Rani, who was last seen playing a headstrongjournalist in No One Killed Jessica last year, is back toscorch the silver screen with back-to-back films --romanticcomedy Aiyyaa on October 12 and thriller Talaash oppositeAamir Khan on November 30.
In Aiyyaa, Rani plays a Marathi girl, who is an ardentfan of Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla and lives in herfantasy world all the time. All hell breaks loose when shefalls in love with a Tamil actor played by PrithvirajSukumaran.
Sridevi, who ruled the silver screen with films likeSadma, Chandni, Mr India and Lamhe, will be backon the big screen after a gap of nearly 15 years with EnglishVinglish.
The 49-year-old actress plays the central role of aconservative Indian housewife burdened with an ungratefulfamily. The story evolves as she rediscovers her self-esteemby sneaking off to English lessons during a visit to New Yorkfor a family wedding.
English Vinglish has been directed by filmmaker RBalki's wife Gauri Shinde and made its gala premiere inToronto international film festival recently to greatresponse.
The year began with Vidya Balan's Kahaani. The actress,who had already challenged the male dominion at the box officelast year with her superhit The Dirty Picture, broke manystereotypes with the thriller.
The film had a seven-month pregnant heroine without anyrecognisable stars apart from Vidya Balan but managed to earncritical acclaim as well as audience's love.
Bipasha Basu, whose past few films failed to findaudience, delivered a hit with horror Raaz 3 with herportrayal of a fading superstar obssessed with her career.The Bong beauty, who recognises that Bollywood is maledominated, is happy that there is a small opening for femalecentric roles nowadays.
"Bollywood is very hero centric because they pull incrowd. However, there is a small opening for actresses too andI am happy to be a part of it. People want to have women asprotagonists and these are not feminist films. These areinteresting stories told where heroines can have substantialroles," Bipasha told PTI.
Even Kareena Kapoor, who is largely seen playing the glamdoll in hero-centric films, will be seen carrying MadhurBhandarkar's next Heroine on her shoulders. Releasing onSeptember 21, the film again is about a declining superstar.
"I am happy that Heroine has turned out to be mybravest role. Not many actresses would dare to play the roleof a declining superstar," Kareena said.
Contemporary stars Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee, whowere written off by film pundits after being absent from thebig screens, are gearing up to reinstate their position inBollywood with Ishkq In Paris and Aiyyaa this October.
Preity will make a comeback on the big screen with herproduction debut after a gap of four years. The film is set torelease on October 5.
Ishkq In Paris is a romantic film on the journey of twocomplete strangers, who end up spending the evening togetherin the romantic city of Paris.
While Rani, who was last seen playing a headstrongjournalist in No One Killed Jessica last year, is back toscorch the silver screen with back-to-back films --romanticcomedy Aiyyaa on October 12 and thriller Talaash oppositeAamir Khan on November 30.
In Aiyyaa, Rani plays a Marathi girl, who is an ardentfan of Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla and lives in herfantasy world all the time. All hell breaks loose when shefalls in love with a Tamil actor played by PrithvirajSukumaran.
Sridevi, who ruled the silver screen with films likeSadma, Chandni, Mr India and Lamhe, will be backon the big screen after a gap of nearly 15 years with EnglishVinglish.
The 49-year-old actress plays the central role of aconservative Indian housewife burdened with an ungratefulfamily. The story evolves as she rediscovers her self-esteemby sneaking off to English lessons during a visit to New Yorkfor a family wedding.
English Vinglish has been directed by filmmaker RBalki's wife Gauri Shinde and made its gala premiere inToronto international film festival recently to greatresponse.
