Mumbai (CNN)Charu Khurana was, until recently, operating in an illegal, dark part of Bollywood. As a female make-up artist in India, just working meant she was breaking the law. In 2014, she finally managed to get a nearly six decade-old defacto ban on female make-up artists -- originally imposed by a male-dominated union to safeguard male jobs -- overturned at India's supreme court. The ruling signaled a historic fork in the road for Bollywood. Make-up artist Charu Khurana The 100-year-old industry -- famed for its belly dancer "item girls", underpaid actresses, and ornamental female characters -- was waking up to the changing role of women in Indian society, and the need to reflect that...
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