Indian epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata had not only shaped the Indian tradition and culture, but these prehistoric literary classics also provided alternate ways to reexamine life itself. Though these epics belonged to that prehistoric age, but the epical issues are still relevant to this contemporary society. This relatability of the epical events with this modern age itself proves their universality and timelessness. Emergence of the retellings centered on the different epical characters, again proves their popularity among the modern readers. Retellings of the epics have intended to brought out all those aspects of life which have remained undisclosed in the epical representation. And most of the time women characters of the epics could not get that much attention that they really deserved. Therefore, some of the contemporary writers found to recreate the epical women characters by portraying the epical events through their perspectives. Kavita Kane in her Lanka’s Princess brought out some new dimensions to analyze the character of Surpanakha. Here in this research article adopting a feminist perspective, an attempt has been undertaken to explore the life of Surpanakha to examine whether she was the vamp or the victim of the patriarchal system.