My Favourite Women Oriented Movies(Eng/Hindi)

Today being women's day i just had to list down my favorite women oriented movies-(when i say women oriented they are not to be watched by women alone but enjoyed by men too as they will miss on really good movies if they skip watching these movies) not that this thought didn't cross my mind earlier...well here they are :-)

1) Connie And Carla (Eng)- This movie less hyped is a real surprise packet and absolutely fun to watch and the female bonding and friendship is a real treat to watch.Both Toni Collete and Nia Vardalos(My Fat Greek Wedding) are an absolute pleasure to watch and they are sizzling hot in this one..

2) Beaches(Eng) - This is another beautiful movie of friendship between two women right from their preteen years till the twilight of their lives, coming from two different walks of life and going through their share of ups and downs of life together..performances both by Bette Middler and Barbara Harshey are first rate and thats what gives this movie an edge above others.Overall an entertaining film for sure.

3)Dor(Hindi) - This movie depicts beautifully how two women becomes great friends despite facing the biggest crisis of their lives. Three actors performances in this movie are noteworthy they are by Gul Panag,Ayesha Takia and Shreyas Talpade and the beauty of both hills of Himachal Pradesh and deserts of Rajasthan are beautifully captured in this movie.In this movie too emphasis lies on women bonding.

4)Mama Mia(Eng) - Wow what a fun filled movie the songs of ABBA beautifully utilised, I still remember both me and my friend had our feet tapping everytime the songs came up in the screen."Waterloo," "SOS," "Fernando," Dancing Queen," "The Winner Takes it All," and 'Mama Mia" the title of the movie would ever go out of the circuit. A little brief about Mama Mia -ABBA's music became the basis for a hit stage musical entitled "Mamma Mia!" in which a simple narrative was deftly woven around many of the quartet's songs.On stage, "Mamma Mia!" succeeded primarily because it was able to keep its wafer-thin storyline modest in scale and life-sized in scope.The movie too is s fun, infectious and thoroughly enjoyable, The performances by Meryl Streep, Pierce Bosnan and Amanda Seyfried are awesome.The scenes between Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried as the mother and daughter are both very moving and poignant in all the scenes in which they appear together.The whole movie is about the quest of finding who the real father of the bride is and relationship of mother and daughter going through its share of ups and downs and how the women friends of the mother in question came as ample support.A Definite Must Watch.

5)Mona Lisa Smile(Eng) -Mona Lisa Smile is a beautiful film. The whole setting of the liberal arts college, the 50s conservative setup in which the college dwells so firmly in, and the magical aura of a bygone era captivates you right form the start of the film. Top that with some beautiful photography, a nice gripping story and some convincing performances and you've got a great film.The focus of the film is primarily on the somewhat radical character of Dr Watson (played by Julia Roberts)and how she deals with the conservative environs of Wellesley College. She is able to build a great rapport with her students.

6)Astitva(Hindi) - This movie gives us the message that being a modern, educated woman doesn't necessarily have to be a career woman.Astitva chose to take the more direct stand of approaching the women movement.The movie emphasies on women who are capable of being independent, but are more interested in family and home.Tabu's almost perfect performance led her to winning National award as well as filmfare award and she proved her mettle again after her noteworthy performance at Maachis.

7) Filhaal(Hindi) - This movie was Gulzar's daughter Meghna Gulzar's directorial debut and was a fantastic effort. This movie deals with a rather serious topic of surrogate motherhood and gives us a gem of a movie that is very real-life.Both Sushmita and Tabu gives one of the most convincing performances of their individual careers. Sanjay Suri's performance too was noteworthy.The soothing songs of the movie were very well placed.

8)Bend It Like Beckham(English) - This movie about the heroine aspiring to become a successful football player despite of her orthodox family is really a fun film to watch out for.
I loved Parminder Nagra's performance in this movie and also got to see the glimpses of Kiera Knightley who went on to become an accomplished actress of today.

9)In Her Shoes (English) - This delightful movie based on the novel of the same name by Jennifer Weiner is quite enjoyable . In Her Shoes has well developed characters. Toni Collette is excellent as usual, as well as Cameron Diaz. . The relationship presented the two sisters, highlighting both their conflict and their connection to one another. Generally, it has a nice balance between dead-seriousness and light drama.

10)Dreamgirls (English) - The list would have been incomplete without the mention of this beautiful movie of three women friends and their respective carees as the budding singers.The ups and downs that they face in which they drift initially and get back together and friendship which has had the test of time and emerged as triumphs..


Well the list can go on but these ten are mindblowing i am talking about my opinion of course.. :-)