French feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir said, “Man is defined as a human being and woman as a female – whenever she behaves as a human being, she is said to imitate the male.” It is a well-known fact that art, cinema, and literature significantly impact the lives of people of an era. They cannot be considered merely sources of entertainment as they act as strong forces of power to mould and change different societal practices. It is especially true in the case of Indian cinema, as this industry is the world’s largest in movie production (with an average of 1800 or more movies produced in a year). Because of its surplus production, cinema can be considered the most accessible, hence preferred, mode of media to communicate with the public. There has been prolonged mistreatment of women in Indian cinema, and there is a need for the sensitisation of gender representation in the mainstream media. The article does a close reading of three Indian movies, Cocktail (2012), a Hindi language movie directed by Homi Adajania and Rathinirvedam (2011) and The Great Indian Kitchen (2021), Malayalam language movies directed by Rajeev Kumar and Joe Baby respectively. These three movies are taken as a mirror of society and exhibit the demeaning and trivialising of women in three major aspects: compartmentalising women into categories which do not consider their calibre or talent, objectification of women, and disregarding women as human beings in a patriarchal household setting, respectively.