Kareena Kapoor and Karisma Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor and Karisma Kapoor

With Heroine just around the corner, Kareena Kapoor and Karisma Kapoor joined Sharmila Tagore to discuss the changing face of the Indian heroine. Further to that, filmmakers Madhur Bhandarkar, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Raj Kumar Gupta entered in discussion about a filmmaker’s role in portraying the female lead. We’ve got some awesome pix from the event, where we also spotted Maria Goretti, Meiyang Chang, Poorna Jagannathan, Prateik Babbar, Anu Malik, Raageshwari and more – check them out!

Karisma Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore
Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore
Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore and Vir Sanghvi
Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore and Vir Sanghvi
Meiyang Chang
Meiyang Chang
Manish Malhotra
Manish Malhotra
Raageshwari
Raageshwari
Anu Malik
Anu Malik
Poorna Jagannathan
Poorna Jagannathan
Prateik Babbar
Prateik Babbar
Madhur Bhandarkar
Madhur Bhandarkar
Maria Goretti
Maria Goretti

The general consensus during the discussion was that we’ve come a long way from the running-around-the-trees type characters, and now feature female leads who are more confident and in control. Do you agree? What do you think has been the changing face of the Indian heroine?

Photos by Yogen Shah for MissMalini