Dominating the poster of Sherni, yet another title role for Sridevi. It didn't do wonders at the box-office and was written off by the critics back in the summer of 1988, but long before the discussion of female empowerment, pay disparity and women seen as second fiddle and decorative foils to the hero, here's Sridevi defying Bollywood norms. She had the title role, was the highest paid star on set, she always had parallel if not more screen-time than men and she rarely played the victim on and off screen. Sherni is an example of many movies where she didn't wait for the leading man to rescue her, she pulled herself up by the bootstraps.
There are dozens of examples of such, what comes to mind; Sultanat, Garajna, Chaalbaaz, Mom, Army and so on.
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