Women constitute fifty percent of the population and hence their portrayal on screen is essential in identifying the societal preconceptions that exist. The paper starts with a study of the area of feminist film criticism and how mainstream Hindi cinema has limited itself to specific representations of gender. The paper aims to analyze women's portrayal on the silver screen by applying the sociological approach which focuses on the agency.  After outlining the status of women in Indian society and the evolution of Indian cinema with a special focus on the emergence of women directors and the representation of women on screen, we outlined the plot of both films, and then the description of the sub-theme is discussed.  This paper attempts to give the gender representation in the mass media (Films, T.V.).  It argues that women and their concerns are no longer invisible in the mass media.

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Keywords: Portrayal of Women, Women, Society, Films, Indian Film, Media.