Tu Yaa Main: Bejoy Nambiar’s creature feature is that rare Hindi film that reminds women that motherhood is a choice | Opinion-entertainment News
India has a population of over 140 crore people, and unlike the US, it is also a country that gives its women the right of choice. While having a child might be the dream of many, there are those who want to stay child free. But Hindi films are yet to get the memo about the growing number of women in the country who don’t see motherhood as the obvious next step, but as a punishment. Bollywood has been deifying mothers for decades, and has married itself to the thought that ‘maa’ is the centre of everyone’s universe. So when they have to deal with a woman who gets pregnant in a film, they immediately take off their shoes and fold their hands, because they have been taught ‘maa = bhagwan’. Hindi cinema, which boasts about being one of the most successful film industries in the world, is yet to make a film that gives the liberty of choice to a pregnant female character, and allows her to make her own decisions without any burden …
