Anushka Sharma justifies her past comments on sexism in Bollywood

Actress Anushka Sharma is an honest woman who has always voiced her strong opinions without mincing her words. One remembers her take on sexism that read, “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. 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.”

So recently, as she was promoting her upcoming flick ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’, the actress was reminded of her comments on sexism in the industry and if much has changed in the past few years. She said, “No, it hasn’t but is we moving positively towards that change. I think yes but I think you can’t hold the industry for it only because I think it also has to do with people. 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.” [sic]

Her movie ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’ opposite Shah Rukh Khan is all set to release on August 4, 2017.

Prajakta Ajgaonkar

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