Anushka Sharma on sexism in Bollywood: Girls are just expected to be good-looking
| Jul 24, 2017, 14:25 IST
Over the many years of Bollywood, the industry has evolved and that too for good! With actresses now coming to fore, the audience surely has been more accepting when it comes to female oriented films. However, it is still the men who managed to mint huge monies at the Box Office and thus prevails sexism.
Sexism is no more a topic ostracised as actresses themselves have voiced their concern about the same. After Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma too spoke about sexism in the industry.
The actress said, "Girls are just expected to be good-looking. Look nice and just be interesting enough for a guy to be interested in you in a film. Women doing films together – they only come together in a film when there’s a guy involved." She further added, "Men can work as long as they want to even when they’ve aged. They’re still amazing and cool. And I have no problem with that. But why is that women are only okay when they’re 'young and desirable'? There’s a sexual connotation attached."
"When you do female centric films, why don't they open to the same Box Office numbers as against male centric films? This is such a deep rooted thing, so many years we have not really expected much from our female actors. So it will take time for us to get there. We are all pioneer of this change. May be we won't be able to see the real benefits of this change completely but at least we are doing something that will help the process," concluded the actress.
CREDITS: PINKVILLA.COM
Sexism is no more a topic ostracised as actresses themselves have voiced their concern about the same. After Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma too spoke about sexism in the industry.
The actress said, "Girls are just expected to be good-looking. Look nice and just be interesting enough for a guy to be interested in you in a film. Women doing films together – they only come together in a film when there’s a guy involved." She further added, "Men can work as long as they want to even when they’ve aged. They’re still amazing and cool. And I have no problem with that. But why is that women are only okay when they’re 'young and desirable'? There’s a sexual connotation attached."
"When you do female centric films, why don't they open to the same Box Office numbers as against male centric films? This is such a deep rooted thing, so many years we have not really expected much from our female actors. So it will take time for us to get there. We are all pioneer of this change. May be we won't be able to see the real benefits of this change completely but at least we are doing something that will help the process," concluded the actress.
CREDITS: PINKVILLA.COM