Indian cinema has often drawn from mythology and folklore to portray powerful goddesses, blending faith, mystery and supernatural elements with contemporary storytelling. From The Vvaan and Maa to Kumari, Tumbbad and Mookuthi Amman, these films and series explore divine feminine figures in strikingly different ways.

Female consent has long been treated as a negligible option in Indian cinema. The debate has once again caught steam with the release of Ram Charan's Peddi, which gives its leading lady, Janhvi Kapoor, the same kind of treatment. Many mainstream Indian films, especially from the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, have more than often disregarded consent, pursuing after rejection, stalking, coercion, and treating "no" as a challenge rather than a boundary. Here are some Indian films which clearly took female consent for granted.