Now Reading: Independence Day 2026: Five unsung women heroes who deserve biopics
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Independence Day 2026: Five unsung women heroes who deserve biopics
Times Now News has identified five female freedom fighters and inspirational figures whose stories, it argues, deserve biopic treatment from Indian cinema. These include Rani Gaidinliu, a Naga teenager jailed for life…
The Story in Brief
Times Now News has identified five female freedom fighters and inspirational figures whose stories, it argues, deserve biopic treatment from Indian cinema. These include Rani Gaidinliu, a Naga teenager jailed for life by the British; Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, a doctor who led the Rani of Jhansi Regiment of the Indian National Army; Matangini Hazra, who was shot three times while leading a Quit India march; Bhikaiji Cama, who unfurled an early Indian flag in Germany in 1907; and Arunima Sinha, the first amputee woman to climb Mount Everest.
The article notes that a biopic on Usha Mehta, who ran a secret radio station during the Quit India movement, has already been made, starring Sara Ali Khan.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy narrative here assumes that Indian cinema has deliberately ignored these women. In truth, Bollywood has already made films like 'Ae Watan Mere Watan' on Usha Mehta and 'Raazi' on an agent. The real test is not whether a biopic gets made, but whether audiences will watch a story about a Naga teenager jailed for life or a Parsi woman who unfurled a flag in Germany. Will the box office reward a film on Matangini Hazra, who kept marching after three bullets? That is the question.
Source: timesnownews.com
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