Juhi Chawla: I don't agree with this whole thing about empowering wome

If you are a 90's kid, you would have the
charm that Juhi Chawla had. The actor feels
it's a myth that the number of women-
centric movies have increased. In a
conversation with a leading daily, when
asked has she seen any changes as far as
women in cinema are concerned.
On this, she said, "When I was working in
the '90s, there hardly used to be three or
four ladies on the sets that included me, my
hair dresser, my mom or an aunt, and
maybe one other woman. Today, almost 40
to 50 per cent of the crew on sets comprise
women. These are young people working in
production, art, creative, in short, every
other department. In that sense, the doors
have opened and opportunities have
increased."
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"How has it changed, you tell me? If you are
talking about films like Piku or Queen, there
have been strong female-oriented films
earlier, too. You are forgetting Shabana Azmi
who became what she is because of the
roles and films she did. Tabu did films that
revolved around women. Mitaji (Vasisht)
became known for Manthan. We are
forgetting films like Mrityudand and Astitva.
Even today, I feel the bulk of the films are
romcoms or hero-based. Time and again,
films with strong female protagonists come,
but I have not seen the number going up.
The last film, I think, was Mom. I haven't
seen it, but I believe it was women-centric.
In fact, the pressures on actresses to look
perfect is more now, they have to wear
skimpy dresses and look glamourous all the
time, thanks to social media. We had it more
relaxed," she added.
The actor's Gulab Gang is completing four
years. The film created a stir due to its
powerful story line and the profound
thought that backs up women
empowerment. Talking about the film, Juhi
said, "Yes, I still remember when director
Soumik Sen met me with the script, and said
he has got something fantastic for me.
When I read the entire script, I told him, Are
you joking? Why would I do a role like this
where I am beaten at the end as I was
playing the villain?' So, they tried to justify
why she was the way she was but that
ruined the whole thing. So, we went back to
the original and I did my part the way
Soumik read it strangely menacing and icy
cool. I tried to do that and when I saw the
final result, I was happy."
Juhi asserted on the fact that women are
born empowered. "I don't agree with this
whole thing about empowering women.
They are born empowered! Somebody has
said that women are one half of the
population and responsible for the other
half. You can't beat that. Somewhere we are
thinking that only career women are doing
something. But running a home is equally
important, if not more. Bringing love and
warmth to the home, which is often
overlooked, is paramount to a happy family.
I salute all those women. Also, working and
running a home is a herculean task and my
jaw drops when I see women doing that,"
Juhi said and signed off.
CREDITS: DNA.

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Yes, women are born equally powerful but this doesn't mean they're always given equal opportunities as men.