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| Paper Title: | The Ultimate Lady Nemesis: Depiction of the Villainess in Hindi Films Released during 2000-2019 |
| Authors Name: | Vedant Sirohi |
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| Published Paper Id: | IJRTI2602109 |
| Published In: | Volume 11 Issue 2, February-2026 |
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| Abstract: | Hindi films have always been dominated by the presence of a larger than life male villain. Male villains were the core part of the films without them the life of a protagonist can not be imagined. Females if they were present, only to play an innocent, saccharine sweet heroine or the close friend of a male villain. Like the ‘junglee billi’ of Don or ‘mona darling’. But with the beginning of 2000 decade hope comes in as ‘Nimmi’ in Maqbool. Such a strong and powerful villainess character. Nimmi can act as the catalyst for the industry. Before her, an obsessed lover Ria in Pyar Tune Kya Kiya set the bar for the ‘anti-heroine’ role in 2001. The character of Ria tried to break the mould since people had seen only anti-hero. Femme fatales rule the silver screen and actual ‘female villain’ somewhere lost behind the seductress model. No doubt that fatales also dominate the story line and use the male protagonist for her motives. The representation of female villains does not see any change in the past many years. Their characters are not three dimensional like the male villains. There is a lack of studies on ‘female villains’ in the Indian academia. This research is carried out to fill this gap. The research focuses on: studying the socio economic background of female villains, reasons for transformation in villainess in the Hindi films released during 2000-2019. It was observed that depictions of female villains still follow stereotypical roles. But some positive changes also happened in the recent years with the release of movie Andhadhun (2018). ‘Simi’ the lady macbeth, a character which is unpredictable, deceptive, and strong enough to control her surroundings. A major theme that deals with the categories of female villains was observed. Apart from the cliched femme fatale, there are sympathetic villian as well as badass female villain. |
| Keywords: | female villain, male villain, protagonist, femme fatale, Hindi films |
| Cite Article: | "The Ultimate Lady Nemesis: Depiction of the Villainess in Hindi Films Released during 2000-2019", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2456-3315, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no.b63-b80, February-2026, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2602109.pdf |
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