‘Mere paas Maa hai’: Modern age Maa in Cine-maa
‘Mere paas Maa hai’…this iconic dialogue from Deewar defines the importance and status of a mother in our lives. It doesn’t matter how big you become. You have nothing if you don’t have a mother by your side. Mom is one true friend which a child would always have. No matter what he does and what he grows up into. They are the coolest wing-women, super-model in real sense, the drama queen and the quintessential tear-jerkers.
Bollywood is a place which reveres mothers the most. Hindi film industry in this span of more than 100 years has produced some of the most iconic screen moms. Bollywood, for decades have doted on its mothers. We have witnessed screen moms being the most idealistic human being that ever exist on earth. Mom, which can even kill her loving son if he’s not on the right path. We have witnessed a variety of moms on Indian screen.
From Mother India killing Birju for being on a wrong path, to Niroopa Roy who struggles between Vijay and Ravi(Deewar).
From Rakhee, who brings up her two sons Ram-Lakhan, to seek revenge and who’s also waiting for her Karan-Arjun to return and become her only saving grace to Kirron Kher who even accepts her son’s sexual preference as she gets to know that he is a Gay.
Moms have had a long journey in bollywood, and through the time have also changed.
Unlike earlier screen moms, they now are cooler and easy going.
On mother’s day special, let’s see the coolest and classiest screen moms of modern Indian cinema.
Kirron Kher:
To all the ‘Gudias’ and all the ‘Laadlas’ in the house. Get your hands together for the most glamorous, the most dramatic, the most stylish Punjabi Mom that ever existed on screen, Kirron Kher. She is one of the most glamorous and graceful woman to adorn the role of mother in Bollywood Cinema.
She can be melodramatic like in Om Shanti Om and on the other hand can be a cool single mom from Hum-Tum who advices her daughter to move on and get married again.
She can act brash and loud and at the same time makes up her mind to accept her son’s sexual preference. She is a perfect example of a modern age Mom. She is fashionable and could well pack a punch with one of her classy handbags.
Ratna Pathak Shah:
Talking about the class, how about a mom who’s dressed up royally, with a glass of wine on one hand, immaculately poised who’s the mother of a Royal Prince and wants everything to be in an order and class. Well, if you haven’t witnessed one yet than go and watch Fawad Khan and Sonam Kapoor starrer Khoobsurat where you can witness her panache.
But wait, she is the same cool single mom from Jaane Tu Yaa Jane Naa who changed the perception of screen mom bringing up their children to seek the revenge of her husband’s death. But this mom refuses to do so and instead hide the real character of her husband from his only son Jai(played by Imran Khan) and even warns his dead husband(played by Naseer) to not come in her son’s dream and make him restless. She’s an example of modern age practical mom who believes in peace rather than war.
Zohra Sehgal:
One of the most bindaas screen moms that ever existed on Indian celluloid. The late Zohra Sehgal has always played cool mom roles. She will encourage you to ask out that girl, cut that hair into a bob, take that solo trip to Europe, and play pranks on your poor father and siblings.The Bollywood bindaas mom watched wrestling matches, gulped down aerated drinks, and sometimes teased them for being a little sissy. Remember her role of a cool Dadi in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. And who can ever forget her cool mom portrayal to a 60 year old child in Amitabh and Tabu starrer Cheeni Kam.
The cool quotient of a mother which she portrayed on screen is still not available in modern age moms.
Dolly Ahluwalia:
You can’t help but fall in love with Vicky’s talli mom. The whisky-swigging mother was an instant hit amongst youth. Dolly went on to win the prestigious National Award for the best supporting actress for her performance in Vicky Donor. This unconventional bollywood mother played her part with panache and broke all stereotypes and represented the changing face of Indian mothers.
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