Katrina
Kaif
in
Rajneeti
Katrina
Kaif
plays
the
role
of
Arjun
Rampal's
widow.
Arjun
dies
at
a
bomb
blast
leaving
Katrina
alone
to
contest
elections
and
become
the
next
chief
minister.
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
in
Choker
Bali
Aishwarya
played
a
Bengali
widow
Binodini,
who
was
educated,
charismatic
and
gutsy.
Binodini
breaks
free
from
the
shackles
of
widowhood
and
seduces
her
brother-in-law,
Mahendra
,
though
she
leaves
him
forever
towards
the
end
as
a
tribute
to
her
bonding
with
Ashalata,
played
by
Raima
Sen.
Bipasha
Basu
in
Aatma
Bipasha
Basu
plays
a
widowed
mother,
who
lives
with
her
daughter,
who
start
having
scary
experiences
only
to
realize
that
it
is
the
husband's
spirit,
played
by
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
who
comes
back
to
take
away
the
daughter.
Ameesha
Patel
in
Mangal
Pandey
Ameesha
plays
Jwala,
a
widow
who
is
expected
to
be
burnt
alive
in
the
pyre
of
her
dead
husband
as
a
part
of
the
barbaric
ritual
Sati.
A
British
officer
Gordon
saves
Jwala,
and
later
goes
on
to
fall
in
love
with
her.
Lisa
Ray
in
Water
Deepa
Mehta's
film
Water
focuses
on
a
relationship
between
one
of
the
widows
(Lisa
Ray),
who
wants
to
escape
the
social
restrictions.
Ayesha
Takia
in
Dor
Ayesha
Takia
lives
a
narrow
confined
life
as
a
widow,
but
eventually
gathers
enough
courage
flee
her
in-laws
household
to
find
a
life
of
her
own.
Kangana
Ranaut
in
Double
Dhamaal
Kangana
Ranaut
plays
a
character
inspired
by
Jaya
Bachchan's
role
in
'Sholay'
in
Indra
Kumar's
Double
Dhamaal.
Madhuri
Dixit
in
Mrityudand
Prakash
Jha's
Mrityudand
was
one
of
Madhuri
Dixit's
boldest
movies.
The
character
of
Ketki
fights
against
the
injustices
of
village
landlords
to
avenge
the
death
of
her
husband.
Rani
Mukherjee
in
Baabul
A
happily
married
Mili
(Rani
Mukherjee)
loses
her
husband
played
by
Salman
Khan
in
an
accident.
Her
father-in-law
played
by
AmitabhBachchan
convinces
her
to
remarry
with
her
childhood
friend
played
by
John
Abraham.
Preeti
Jhangiani
in
Mohabbatein
Preeti
plays
Kiran,
who
is
married
to
an
Army
officer
who
never
returned
from
war,
but
hse
pretend
to
believe
he
is
alive
because
of
her
father-in-law,
General
Khanna
(Amrish
Puri).
Padmini
Kolhapure
in
Prem
Rog
Husband
dies
in
an
accident
and
young
Radha
is
held
responsible
for
bringing
bad
luck.
A
lusty
brother-in-law
adds
to
her
misery
by
trying
to
rape
her.
Her
childhood
friend
Rishi
Kapoor
comes
to
her
rescue.
He
fights
for
her
and
eventually
win
the
battle
against
a
society
where
widow
remarriage
was
a
taboo.
Jaya
Bachchan
in
Sholay
Radha's
sad
story
started
when
Gabbar
Singh
killed
her
entire
family
leaving
her
alone
with
her
father-in-law,
Thakur.
But
her
fate
is
doomed
again
when
her
secret
admirer
Jai
is
also
killed.
Rani
Mukerji
in
Hum
Tum
Ria
Prakash,
who
lost
her
husband
immediately
after
her
marriage.
But,
grief
doesn't
allow
Riya
to
let
go
of
her
husband's
memories
and
she
restrains
herself
from
anything
happy.