Arjun Kapoor discusses how ‘Ki & Ka’ addresses the issue of gender inequality

R Balki’s upcoming directorial venture ‘Ki & Ka’ deals with a fresh perception which opposes the preset notions of gender-based functions in societal family structure in India. Arjun Kapoor, who plays the male lead opposite Kareena Kapoor Khan, explained during an interaction with the press how films like ‘Ki & Ka’ can act as tools of overcoming stereotypes.

“The film deals with a boy who believes housewives have not got their due. If you don’t have stability in your personal life through your partner then you cannot achieve anything professionally”- he said.

Arjun, in the film plays an obedient ‘house husband’ who stays at home while the wife goes to work. “The conversation we have initiated in Ki & Ka has been bubbling over a long time in offices, at home. There have been talks about equality. Ki & Kain a very sweet way says that if you have talent then gender doesn’t matter. If a man is secure enough to allow his partner to go out and express herself and if he does not feel as ambitious as her, he can be a homemaker also. There is nothing wrong with it,”- he added.

Housewives, just because they are not into an institutional profession, are often deprived of their due. That they put their effort, time and hard work to run a family smoothly is often forgotten too. “Housewives run the home and sacrifice a lot but many people forget that. The guy in the film wants to be a home maker because he believes women make home and fulfil dreams”-said the ‘Gunday’ actor, in this context.

‘Ki And Ka’ is slated to release on April 1, 2016.

Ranjini Maitra

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