10 Bollywood Characters Who Portrayed Single Woman In a Refreshing Light

Bollywood is notorious for writing stereotypical characters for women. Although women empowerment has been the buzzword of Bollywood in the last couple of years, it still messes up writing roles for women that does not require a man to make her complete and usually writes female characters that are damsles in distress pining in emotional agony for their lovers. Single women is one concept Bollywood usually struggles with, but there are a few characters who epitomizes modern single women whose idea of happiness is not tied around a man and they are so much more than being the love interest. Here are 10 characters that we think portrayed single women in a refreshing light.

Naina in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Credits must be reserved for Deepika for making nerdy sexy again. Although she harbored a major crush for Bunny who is a traveler with no roots, she does not let that define her life. She is a successful doctor who extracted happiness out of smaller things in life and did not need a man to make it happy. Even when her love of life comes to her she accepts him on her own terms without just emotionally giving into the moment.

 Meera in   No One Killed Jessica

She was a dedicated journalist who believed in truth and justice and leaves no stones unturned to see that justice is delivered. Although she might enjoy a casual hook up every now and then, she was rocking her singlehood with her job being the top priority of her life and not a man.

 Ayesha in Wake up Sid

This was another brave single woman whose main focus in life was to pursue her dream in a   new city. She was more than happy in her own company and enjoyed the little pressures of life. She is not averse to men of course, but again a man was not necessary to make her life content.

 Laila in Zindagi Na Milegi Na Dobara

She is a lone traveler who volunteers to teach scuba diving to tourists and is absolutely content with her life. Her emotions are entirely in her own control and even when she decides to invite a man into her life she takes charge and enjoys his company without being clingy or making the man she loves the center of her life.

Vijayalakshmi in Queen

As a single mother living and working in Paris, she is refreshing to say the least. She engages in casual intimacy and has no qualms about it whatsoever and neither does is she sorry about her singlehood. She is responsible, fun, an emotional support to her friends and as long as she has her friends around her she can totally live without a man reveling in her singlehood.

Ambar in Salaam Namaste

A headstrong RJ working in Australia and studying to be a surgeon she is another strong single woman who would only live life on her own terms. Whether it’s a decision into enter in a live-in relationship or deciding to give birth to her child without expecting any support from her partner, she is one woman who is not in need of a man for validating her life choices.

Akira in Jab Tak Hai Jaan

She is a modern woman personified. Enjoying her career to the fullest and tasting all the adventures of life her ideas towards relationship was refreshingly candid. Her emotional strength is reflected when she helps the man she loves to get the love of his life without breaking down or slipping into any depression for the same.

 Madhavi in Page 3

She is a journalist learning the rope of the trade. Although somewhat taken aback by the murk behind the glamour world, she is dedicated to her job wholeheartedly. She is unperturbed by the fact that her brief brush with romance turns out to be gay and continues on her journey without that being a roadblock.

Meeta in Hasee Toh Phasee

She is what we called a little ‘mental’ in colloquial terms. She has emotions, but is equally equipped to deal with them in her own quirky ways. More than anything else, she is a brilliant scientist and nothing in her life is more important to her than that, even at the cost of her family’s disapproval.

Geeta in Swades

Educated, responsible and emotionally sane, Geeta life’s objective is to make her village a better place to live in and providing education to kids. The company of a man doesn’t feature in the list of her priorities in life. She believes in traditions but is not timid to call out on them when they become blind in their implementation.