Indian Cinema's Flower Pot Problem : When Heroines Have Zero Personality? Join our live podcast on 24th Dec!

This week’s TwoXTalks conversation is going to be an important one, honest, critical, and rooted in how deeply cinema shapes the way we see gender, relationships, and power.

Hosted by @prachi007 & @Mali , this upcoming episode dives into a long standing issue in Indian cinema :
the way female characters are written or often, not written at all.

From the normalization of misogyny to the idea that films with male leads are “for everyone” while female-led stories are “for women only,” we’ll unpack how storytelling repeatedly sidelines women.

We’ll talk about specific films, the concept of the “flower pot” heroine, age gaps, item songs, double standards around relationships, and why so many female characters exist only to support a male arc - with little depth, agency, or personality of their own. We’ll also highlight films that do get it right, and what meaningful representation can actually look like.

Topic : Indian Cinema’s Flower Pot Problem : When Heroines Have Zero Personality
Date: 24th December
Time: 4 PM IST
Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/czw-xyiu-vtj

If you’ve ever felt uncomfortable, frustrated, or unseen while watching mainstream cinema - this is a conversation you’ll want to be part of.
Come join us.