
15 Years of Dabangg: How Bollywood still fails its women and government rewards it
Published on: Sept. 12, 2025, 8:09 a.m. | Source: The Indian Express
From Dabangg to Animal, Bollywood has turned stalking, harassment, and toxic masculinity into romance and entertainment — and then rewarded it with medals. Fifteen years on, women in these films still don’t get a story of their own.