Majority of leads, co-leads in Hindi box office hits are men: TISS report
Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) Seventy two per cent characters in Hindi cinema are played by cis-males with 26 per cent parts going to cis-females, says a new study on gender dynamics in the Mumbai-based film industry.
A meagre 2 per cent space in Hindi movies is allotted to queer characters with only 0.5 per cent of characters shown with disability who are largely part of the story to generate sympathy or comic relief, it found.
Titled 'Lights, Camera, and Time for Action: Recasting Gender Equality Compliant Hindi Cinema', the study was conducted by School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (SMCS-TISS), Mumbai, through a grant from the US Consulate in Mumbai, a press release said.
