Women characters have often been used as a means for the male characters to steer and lead the film in their direction. The woman character is at times roughly chalked out, or just used as a support for the male character. Sadly, a lot of Bollywood films fall into this category (barring biopics, of course). Now, what if filmmakers turned the tables and let women take the centre stage?
Well, this has happened and there are a handful of movies where the popular male leads played supporting roles and let women take charge of the movie. We compiled a list of 19 such movies. Read on to find out which ones have made it to this list.

2. English Vinglish (2012)
Shashi Godbole, a successful entrepreneur, has just one thing lacking - her inability to speak English - and that makes her an object of humiliation by her husband and her daughter. This only pushes her to take up English-speaking classes and stand her ground. Played by Adil Hussain, the husband does not take up the screen space and he lets Shashi take the lead. And we were all bowled over by Shashi's speech.













Randeep Hooda's Mahabir is used as a plot device through which we learn about Veera and her traumas. Veera then unravels Mahabir's story in bits and pieces. While they do get close by the end of the journey, it is only through Mahabir's support that Veera is finally able to confront her family at the end.




19. Mom (2017)
With Sridevi as the mother who sets out to avenge her stepdaughter after she is sexually assaulted at a party, the movie shows us a fierce female lead. While the movie has fine male actors such as Akshaye Khanna and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, they only play a supporting role in the movie.

Which other movies do you think have popular male leads taking the sidelines?
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