There
are only a few movies made on the serious issues regarding woman or movies are
totally woman-centric. However the list contains best of the lots.
Mother India
(1957)
Story
of a poor mother fights all odds to raise her two sons
Director : Mehboob Khan
Producer : Mehboob Khan
Writer : Mehboob Khanm, Wajahat Mirza, S. Ali Raza
Cast : Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj
Kumar
Music : Naushad
Cinematography : Faredoon A.
Irani
Editor : Shamsudin Kadri
Awards
Academy
Awards, USA 1958
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Nominated
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Oscar Best Foreign Language Film
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Filmfare
Award
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Won
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Best
FilmMehboob Khan
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Won
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Best
Actress Nargis
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Won
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Best
Director Mehboob Khan
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Won
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Best
Cinematographer Faredoon A. Irani
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Won
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Best
Sound Recordist R. Kaushik
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Karlovy
Vary Int’l Film Festival
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Won
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Best
Actress Nargis
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Queen (2013)
Story of a woman, who
dumped by the fiancé just days before marriage and her lone Journey to the
pre-paid honeymoon trip.
Director : Vikas Bahl
Producer : Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane
Writer : Anvita Dutt, Kangana Ranaut (dialogue)
Screenplay : Vikas
Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh
Story : Vikas Bahl
Cast : Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon
Music : Amit Trivedi, Rupesh Kumar Ram
Cinematography : Siddharth
Diwan. Bobby Singh
Editor : Abhijit Kokate, Anurag Kashyap
Award
The
movie is released this year so yet get any awards.
Damini (1993)
About
Sexual abuses and exploitation of power by the rich.
Director : Rajkumar Santoshi
Producer : Aly Morani, Karim Morani, Bunty Soorma
Writer : Rajkumar Santoshi, Sutanu Gupta(Story)
Cast : Meenakshi Sheshadri, Rishi Kapoor, Amrish
Puri
Music : Nadeem-Shravan, Sameer (Lyrics)
Cinematography : Ishwar Bidri
Editor : V. N. Mayekar
Awards
National Film Award
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Won
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Best
Supporting Actor - Sunny Deol
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Filmfare Award
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Won
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Best
Director - Rajkumar Santoshi
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Won
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Best
Supporting Actor - Sunny Deol[4]
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Nominated
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Best
Actress - Meenakshi Seshadri
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Kahani (2012)
Story
of a Woman and how she avenge the death
of her husband.
Director : Sujoy Ghosh
Producer : Sujoy Ghosh, Kushal Kantilal Gada
Writer : Ritesh Shah, Sutapa Sikdar, Sujoy Ghosh
Screenplay : Sujoy
Ghosh, Suresh Nair, Nikhil Vyas
Story : Sujoy Ghosh, Advaita Kala
Cast Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee,
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui, Indraneil Sengupta,
Saswata
Chatterjee
Music : Vishal-Shekhar
Cinematography : Setu
Editor : Namrata Rao
Awards
National
Film Awards
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Won
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Best
Screenplay (Original) Sujoy
Ghosh
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Won
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Best
Editing Namrata Rao
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Won
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Special
Jury Award Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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Filmfare
Awards
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Won
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Best
Actress Vidya Balan Won
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Won
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Best
Director Sujoy Ghosh
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Won
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Best
Sound Design Sanjay Maurya,
Allwyn Rego
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Won
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Best
Editing Namrata Rao
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Won
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Best
Cinematography Setu
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14th
IIFA Awards
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Won
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Best
Actress Vidya Balan
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won
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Best
Editing Namrata Rao
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Zee
Cine Awards
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Won
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Best
Film – Critic's Choice
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Won
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Best
Director – Critic's Choice Sujoy
Ghosh
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Won
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Best
Actress – Critic's Choice Vidya
Balan
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Won
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Best
Story Sujoy Ghosh, Advaita Kala
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Won
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Best
Editing Namrata Rao
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Times
of India Film Awards
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Won
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Best
Story Sujoy Ghosh Won
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Won
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Best
Screenplay
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Won
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Best
Editing Namrata Rao
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!!!I hate to hear
you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational
creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. - ― Jane Austen,
Persuasion !!!