Actor Yami Gautam says it's important for the industry to create fleshed-out female characters not just in the "offbeat" cinema space but also in the big commercial money-spinners. Though Gautam started off with the 2012 romantic-comedy "Vicky Donor", her biggest role in the comic space came only seven years later, with "Bala", where she played a small-town TikTok star. The 31-year-old actor followed it up with this year's "Ginny Weds Sunny", which released on Netflix last month. According to Gautam, "Bala" broke the stereotype of women not being cast as comic characters and she hopes more such roles are written for actors like her.

"There are not many comedy roles written for women. Sridevi ma'am was perhaps the only one in recent times who did commercial cinema, intense roles and comedy. I hope more such roles are given to women, not just in offbeat films.