Bollywood and the Celebration of Motherhood

t was Mother’s Day this last Sunday and Bollywood stars spoke in one voice in honouring and revering their mothers on the day. Stars such as Aamir Khan, Bipasha Basu, Millika Sherawat, Ritiesh Deshmukh, and a host of others wished mothers everywhere and particularly their own mothers on the day using Twitter to communicate their love to mothers.
The mother connection has been a long and time honoured one in Bollywood – “Maa ka Ashirwaad” has been hugely important in Hindi films – the first salary is always deposited at the mother’s feet, the deepest sacrifices are always made to pay the debt of the many that the mother would inevitably have made to rear her child overcoming every adversity. Avenging the killing or insulting of a mother is often the story base of a Hindi film.