Tribhanga to English Vinglish: This Mother's Day, Celebrate Cinematic Moms by Watching Their Films

Written By: Anurag Bohra | Updated: May 7, 2022, 5:38 PM

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This Mother's Day, watch these five films that depict motherhood from a rare perspective by showing the emotional and circumstantial challenges women have to face while raising their children.

List of Movies to Watch on Mothers Day — List of Movies to Watch on Mother's Day

From self-sacrificing mothers to avenging matriarchs to moms who one day stand in their power, Hindi cinema has portrayed motherhood in different hues. This Mother's Day, we recommend a few films that depict motherhood from a rare perspective by showing the emotional and circumstantial challenges women have to face while raising their children. Let's celebrate women with imperfections yet authentic and close to reality than the ever-smiling, multi-tasking goddesses we expect mothers to be.

Watch Tribhanga on Mothers Day — Watch Tribhanga on Mother's Day

This Renuka Shahane directorial was produced by Ajay Devgn and deals with unspoken issues that can complicate parent-child relationship. The film co-produced by Deepak Dhar, and Siddharth P. Malhotra is a tale of three generations of mothers who learn in the course of their journey that the only way to heal yourself is to forgive each other. Tribhanga is about a successful writer who leads an unconventional life-style and is blamed by her daughter for her acute childhood trauma. When the daughter experiences motherhood, she makes her own set of mistakes and realizes that no parent can get it perfectly right. The story reiterates that mothers can be fallible because they too are human. Starring Tanvi Azmi, Kajol and Mithila Palkar, the film encourages open conversations and empathy for flawed mother characters in storytelling.

Watch Ajji on Mothers Day — Watch Ajji on Mother's Day

The Devashish Makhija film focuses on the primal maternal instinct to protect and avenge a wrong done to a beloved child. The story revolves around Ajji, an unprepossessing grandmother leading an impoverished existence in a slum. A crime against her granddaughter and the denial of justice pushes Ajji on the path of retribution. The film tries to convey that girl child safety needs to go beyond sloganeering and must be addressed on a societal level. Sushama Deshpande puts in a bravura performance as Ajji while Sharvani Suryavanshi, Abhishek Banerjee, Sadiya Siddiqui, Vikas Kumar, Manuj Sharma, Sudhir Pandey, Kiran Khoje, and Smita Tambe play pivotal roles. The film was produced by Yoodlee.

Watch Hamid on Mothers Day — Watch Hamid on Mother's Day

Another Yoodlee production and Aijaz Khan directorial portrays the difficulties of a mother who must raise her child alone while dealing with enormous personal grief and loss. The film is about a devastated Kashmiri family where the father has gone missing, leaving behind his seven-year-old son Hamid and Ishrat, his grieving wife. Rasika Dugal poignantly depicts the struggle of a Kashmiri mother whose child (played by Talha Arshad Reshi) wants answers she cannot give. Vikas Kumar as a kind, nurturing voice on the other end of a telephone line guides Hamid through a tough phase to prove that it takes a village to raise children and no mother should have to do it alone. Talha Arshad Reshi went on to win a National Award for his performance and the film too won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Urdu.

Watch Secret Superstar on Mothers Day — Watch Secret Superstar on Mother's Day

This Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao production depicts the courage it takes for a mother to stand up to patriarchy and domestic violence within the family to protect her children. The Advait Chandan directorial also asks pertinent questions about why the girl child is denied the freedom to chase her dreams under one pretext or another? This coming of age journey of Insia (Zaira Wasim), a musically inclined girl who emerges from anonymity to make a triumphant appearance at an award show is both uplifting and inspiring. However, it is Meher Vij as Insia's mother Najma, who represents the beating heart of the film. The film also stars Aamir Khan himself with Mona Ambegaonkar and Raj Arjun in supporting roles.

Watch English Vinglish on Mothers Day — Watch English Vinglish on Mother's Day

English Vinglish is a relatable story of any regular household where a mother, wife or daughter in-law forgets to tend to her own dreams. The film subtly portrays how homemakers are often underestimated and mocked by their own family. Written and directed by Gauri Shinde, this award winning film tells us the story of Shashi, who is a fledgling entrepreneur and makes sweets but is not taken seriously by her husband and daughter due to her poor command over English. Things change when she travels to the U.S. by herself and enrolls in an English-speaking course. Shashi slowly begins to rediscover the joyful, confident woman who was denied self-expression all this while. Sridevi was hailed for her sensitive performance as Shashi after a 15-year hiatus while Adil Hussain, French actor Mehdi Nebbou, and Priya Anand played supporting roles. The film was produced by Sunil Lulla, R. Balki, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and R. K. Damani.

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