I don't believe in the culture of silence embedded in middle-class mor

From talking about their desire for sex, to
using cuss words to express the frustration
of their troublesome lives -- Veere Di
Wedding captures various facets of the lives
of four urban working girls, and it seems to
break the stereotypical image of an ideal
Indian daughter.
Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania, who
play two of the four friends along with
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and Kareena Kapoor
Khan, believe that perhaps the film will help
girls unveil their other side to their parents.
When the film's trailer came out, orthodox
minds took offence on how the women
were being projected on-screen -- smoking,
drinking and abusing.
Considering how the Indian audience looks
for aspirational characters in Bollywood
films, will parents of middle-class families be
able to deal with this image of young
women? Swara said, "I personally do not
believe in the culture of silence that is so
embedded in our middle-class morality. I do
not believe that not telling your parents
about what is happening in your personal
life is a sign of respect. I think in my family,
love and trust is the only thing that matters.
So if I am going through something tough,
my parents are the first people to know
that. But I understand that talking about
awkward things are big no' in the middle-
class family. But I think the parents also
should know that this is also one side of
their daughter, especially if she is a working
girl living in an urban city and leading a
lifestyle of such. And they should love their
daughter the way they are.
Shikha, who is making her film debut with
the movie, said, "Even I come from a
middle-class family but my equation with
my parents might be different from others.
The fact is that we are receiving
information through films, books, and
social media... All of this is giving us
awareness. But it is upon us how we
interpret it. I think watching such an image
of a girl on-screen, two kinds of things can
happen -- either it will break the barrier,
where parents will get to know the side of
their daughter that they otherwise do not
discuss with each other, or they will watch
it as slice of life, because they know that is
how their daughters are... It is right in both
ways.
While Swara plays a girl named Sakshi who
is on verge of getting divorced in the film,
Shikha essays Meera who is living a loveless
marriage in the movie, directed by
Shashanka Ghosh. Citing an example from
her real life, Swara said, "After the trailer
released, one of the elderly gentlemen said
that when he asked his daughter if she
behaves and talks like that (shown in the
film), she replied to him, Yes dad, I do that...
When you are not around'. I think that is
the reality, we do not drink or smoke
together with our parents in a middle-class
family, but we all do in our own space. That
is how our mind is conditioned.
The film is releasing on June 1, 2018.

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