A more realistic depiction of the suffering of widows in India may have a lasting impact. Like a study shows how working widows feel the need to continue wearing symbols of matrimony so that they are not harassed by male colleagues and that a majority of the employed widows did not want to remarry for fear of society or losing their economic independence.

Till our filmmakers come up with more realistic portrayals, we will have to be content with Vikram Bhatt's take on widows in this Friday's release "Red" that features Celina Jaitley as an erotic bereaved wife.