Bollywood girls are no more the damsels in distress. Saucy ladies are staring down film posters during the all-important festive season and are attracting audiences in droves even as their male counterparts are barely visible or heard of.
While Kareena Kapoor is the star attraction, splashed across all publicity materials for just released multi-starrer "Golmaal Returns", the other big film on the marquees is Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut starrer "Fashion" and the male presence is as good as nonexistent in it.
These ladies swear, slap, snore and swig several drinks and are heroes of many Bollywood offerings. And they have achieved this fest not merely by virtue of their willingness to bare all. Clearly with closer-to-life protagonists emerging as leads in Hindi films, the urban woman has arrived on silver screen and how.
If "Fashion" is the story of three women trying to make their individual mark and stay ahead in a competitive and cut-throat work environment, then Mallika Sherawat doesn't blink about wearing her innerwear as outerwear or arm wrestling in "Ugly Aur Pagli". In "Jaane Tu