Tanuja
Chandra, ready with yet another woman-oriented film after "Dushman"
and "Sangharsh," said: "As a woman I`m sure of one thing. I`ll
make film about women protagonists only. Call it my determination or
stubbornness, but that`s it."
Film
industry experts, who felt Chandra`s earlier films failed as men played
secondary roles, are singing a different tune about "Yeh Zindagi Ka
Safar."
This
also might be because it stars actress Amisha Patel, cast in this year`s super
hit "Gadar - Ek Prem Katha." All three Amisha starrers -- two in
Hindi, including last year`s super success "Kaho Naa... Pyar Hai,"
and "Badri" in Telugu -- have been runaway hits.
Whether
Rekha, Madhuri Dixit, Manisha Koirala and Mahima Chowdhary in "Lajja"
or Urmila Matondkar in the psycho-thriller "Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya,"
Bollywood divas are determined to break the song-and-dance mould.
Quite
a change from the norm a few years back when Ramesh Sippy wanted to make a Tabu
film, but had said: "Please don`t talk about it now because then I`d have
problems casting the two male leads."
Today Raveena proudly plays title role in Sangeeth Sivan`s "Sandhya" while producer Jackie Shroff plays a supporting role. She said: "Today I`m playing more central characters than earlier.