Using women as an 'item' in Hindi films needs to be changed-

After Deepika Padukone lashed out at an English daily for publishing pictures of her cleavage with the headline "OMG: Deepika Padukone's cleavage show". A lot of celebrities stood up for the actress and now even Aamir Khan has his bit to add to that. In a recent interview the actor said that using women as an "item" in Hindi films needs to be changed.

The actor even said that it is an irresponsible act by filmmakers and somewhere he is also responsible for it.

In an interaction with Deccan Chronicle, when Aamir was asked for his view on sexism in Bollywood movie, he said, "We use women as an "item" in Hindi films. This needs to be changed. This is an irresponsible act by filmmakers... somewhere, I am also responsible."

"We show boys eve-teasing girls, certain songs use insulting phrases like "Khambe jaisi khadi hai", "Tu cheeez badi hai mast mast" and words like "phooljhari", "patakha" etc., insinuate that women are material objects. We (filmmakers) must stop that," he added.

Aamir is gearing up for the new season of his TV show "Satyamev Jayate" and also his forthcoming movie "P.K."