New Delhi: Bollywood played a significant role in depicting various social issues of the society leaving a strong impact on the minds of the audience. Many films have been made highlighting child marriage, marital rape, sex workers etc. Let’s take a look at the most promising films in the Hindi Film Industry which has raised Social issues in their films through the characters
1 Darlings
The film highlights the serious issue of Domestic Violence which is a part of almost every Indian Household and is secretly tolerated by most of the wives. The character of Badru played by Alia Bhat successfully shows how the Indian women tries to save her marriage until she comes to a breaking point. The role of her husband is played by Vijay Verma who is an alcoholic.
2 Badhaai Ho
The story of this film revolves around the life of a couple where the husband is a gay and the wife is a lesbian and both of them comfortably choose to marry each other to pacify their families.
3 Chandigarh kare Ashiqui
The story revolves around the life of a Body Builder Manu (Ayushman Khurana) and Zumba Trainer Maanvi. The story of the film take a turn when manu discovers that Maanvi is a transgender. He then gets trapped into his thoughts of how the society and his family will react after they will come to know of the fact.
4 Thappad
The story of the film revolves around the life of a couple, things take a bitter turn when the husband slaps his wife in a party, the wife then decides to file for a divorce. This was also regarded as one of the best films made on domestiv violence.
5 Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
This film revolves around the life of two friends and how they deal with the society and family when they discover that the two of them are gays.
6 Article 15
This is one of the best films based on Social issues. The main character is played by Ayushman Khurana who is playing the role of a Police detective who is investigating the disappearance of three girls in a small village and discovers the dark reality of caste-based discrimination.
7 Toilet Ek Prem Katha
This is one of the most impactful Bollywood movies based on Social issues when the wife decides to leave her Newlywed husband due to the unavailability of a toilet in his house.
8 Pink
The film revolves around the life of a girl who is sexually assaulted by a Politician’s nephew and how she fights a legal battle to put him behind bars.
9 OMG
This film is the story of an atheist who decides to sue god after his shop gets demolished during an earthquake.
10 Padman
This is the story of a man who decides to invent sanitary pads after seeing his wife using unhygienic material during her menstrual cycle.
