Title:
PORTRAYAL OF FEMALE BODY IN INDIAN CINEMA: A REFLECTION

Authors:
Tabbasum Maqbool and Dr Salima Jan

Volume - 2 Issue - 12, Pages - 5948-5956

Abstract:
In every society each one knows the social order of behaviour and the expectation of the society from respective genders, be it biological or social. Cinema as a medium in many ways depicts the social reality on screen. On one hand it becomes a document of the existing fashion or technology, and on the other it also is governed by the norms of the existing time and presenting the images which would reflect realism of social order. This paper attempts to see the journey of female body image in Indian cinema with specific reference to the popular actresses’ body type and see if socio-economic situation was /is an influencing factor for the shift from a full body to thin waistline or from fair skin, long hairs to higher navel which is the current fad.

Cite this Article:

[Maqbool Tabbasum. " PORTRAYAL OF FEMALE BODY IN INDIAN CINEMA: A REFLECTION." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 2, no. 12, 2017, pp. 5948-5956. December. ]