In films, heroines reveal the cultural values, gender roles and social challenges faced by their culture. Therefore, viewers can use Bollywood heroines as a lens through which to observe the Indian woman's experience and Indian culture. Recently, with the growth in size and influence of the Indian diaspora, a new stream of Bollywood films has emerged concerning the theme of first or second generation Indians living abroad. These non-resident Indians (NRIs) face a very different reality from that of Indians living in their homeland. The differences between Indian and NRI cultures are illustrated by the different portrayals of their heroine in Bollywood films, particularly through song and dance numbers. The experience of the young Indian woman in the modern era is characterized by a conflict between Indian tradition and contemporary global culture. Historically, the archetype of the ideal Indian woman has been used to build national unity, identity and pride. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the public imagination equated the ideal woman with “Mother India”. This idea was fueled by art, literature and particularly cinema. Heroines were characterized as “passive, victimized, sacrificial, submissive, glorified, static, one-dimensional, and resilient” (Virdi, 60). The social expectation of women regarding these characteristics persists today. Women find it difficult to reconcile these qualities with contemporary values ​​such as independence, freedom and gender equality. Young women therefore remain subject to the desires of their fathers, and the unofficial caste system further limits their social mobility; but at the same time they dance in nightclubs and wear short skirts. The conflict between tradition and modernity is illustrated by events such as the ban on girls in beer bars, in which young women who made a living dancing in bars were banned from their profession for cause.