With a well-fleshed, strong character like Mamata in Sui Dhaaga, mainstream Hindi cinema is giving us more roles where women have an equal part to play.

Noted Director Mani Ratnam's recent movie Chekka Chivantha Vaanam features many women indeed but does injustice to them as well-fleshed characters, writes Nandhitha Hariharan. 

Turkish-French filmmaker Deniz Gamze Erguven's Mustang deals with young girl's quest for freedom in a patriarchal conservative Turkish society writes author Anushree. 

New movie Pataakha is the story of a rivalry between two ambitious sisters. It's a sizzling firecracker with entertainment from the word go. 

Watching Manto, starring Nawzuddin Siddiqui was like having a fine scotch on a winter evening. I was completely transported to a different era, writes Priya Tripathi.