The public-private dichotomy of urban space is a universal phenomenon where the ‘public’ belongs to men and ‘private’ to women. This paper explores the ‘risks’ and ‘dangers’ that a woman negotiates with as she navigates urban spaces. Through a narrative analysis of three films from Bombay Cinema – Kahaani (Sujoy Ghosh, 2012), Ek Hasina Thi (Sriram Raghavan, 2004) and That Girl in Yellow Boots (Anurag Kashyap, 2011), the paper argues that the uncanny cityscape metamorphoses a naive, meek woman protagonist into a vengeful, ferocious figure who gets even with her enemies. The paper charts a relationship between women’s bodies and the urban spaces where the same cityscape that threatens the female figure also empowers her in multiple ways. Each of the three films navigates the dark underbelly of three different urban spaces with female protagonists who set aside their vulnerabilities and conspire against their perpetrators.