Yash Raj Films—one of India's biggest production companies—has been criticized in recent years for the conservative cultural and family values in its films. But at the same time, it's been intriguingly progressive in its characterization of women, and its new release 'Badmaash Company' is the latest example.
One key scene in Badmaash says it all: While the main female character—an aspiring model named Bulbul (played by Anushka Sharma)—is making out with the male lead—a con artist named Karan (Shahid Kapoor)—in his car, she stops and says, "This isn't serious, okay?" Surprised, he replies, "That's my line."
Women have been taking the hero's lines in a lot of Yash Raj's movies lately. Sharma made her debut in one—'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' (2008)—in which she played a traditional girl who's true to her heart, »
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