Two movies focused on women , one emphasizes the power of women and the other depicts the journey of a woman who goes from being naive and protected to attaining self-esteem and becoming independent. Which is my favorite??? The latter!
Women power is highly overrated and Gulaab Gang stinks from male chauvinistic ideas and view points. I mean really? A woman centered movie doesn't have to be the exact translation of a typical hero movie or is it? This movie is as stylish as it can get with all the unnatural characters. The only motive behind making this movie seems to be glorifying the leading lady. The fighting sequences are Indianized Chinese fights with well fitted costumes and choreographed action sequences. Watching Gulaab Gang was watching any movie with the same formula and heroism. It was far from liberating women and empowering them. On the whole it was very very disappointing. 
Queen was the movie of the weekend and it just blew my mind. Kangana was as real as she could get. It was actually different from typical Bollywood movies where the leading lady transforms from wearing salwar kameez to western clothes (read revealing) symbolizing filmy progressive behavior. On the contrary, Kangana didn't become one of them. I was happy for once, having rampant sex wasn't the sign of progress, wearing revealing clothes didn't advocate the change in behavior. Whatever happened was part of the personality and not of display. Thank god, finally somebody got it right! Self-esteem , self reliability, self-respect are not aggressive qualities , they can be as subtle as shown in the movie and still be strong. P.S: (for women), the only glamorous factor was Sikander (or Alexander?). So far the only Russian I knew was Vodka and now I know one more ;-)
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