Bhumi Pednekar on equality: 'Women are not supposed to be whitewashed in cinema!'

Several Bollywood celebrities have come forward over past couple of years to campaign for different social causes. Saand Ki Aankh actor Bhumi Pednekar is among many celebs who have voiced her concern on shifts that she would like to see in Bollywood. Recently, Bhumi, who is rooting for equality, revealed that women are t supposed to be whitewashed in cinema.

As quoted by Bhumi's PR team, actor revealed, “For starters, we need to change depiction of s. We need to change how we show women and men. Women are t supposed to be whitewashed —we have desires, we have ambition, we have physical needs and emotions, and we have capacity to balance. I believe women have superpowers, and I think we need to see a lot more of that in our cinema.”

Dum Laga Ke Haisha actor added, “Similarly, we must alter way men are shown in films. We put so much pressure on male , telling m that y are supposed to be strong, that y can’t cry, can’t show emotion...that is so wrong. This narrative —‘mard ko dard nahi hota’ or ‘a man doesn’t hurt’—this needs to change.”

Bhumi also revealed that cinema has a massive impact on audiences and it can be used to change mindset of several people in most positive way. She furr went on to say, “I also believe we need to stop objectifying women and re needs to be a lot more inclusivity in films, including LGBTQIA+ community. I kw change is in air. I just wish we could accelerate it. Like, I just watched Super Deluxe and I couldn’t believe what I was watching. re’s such great work happening today and I feel lucky to be part of Hindi film industry at this point.”

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On work front

actor will next be seen in Ashok G’s Durgavati alongside Mahie Gill and Arshad Warsi in pivotal roles. movie is currently in its filming st and is expected for a 2020 release. Post that, she will be seen in Shashank Khaitan’s Mr Lele alongside Varun Dhawan in a leading role. movie is based on a Marathi NRI who takes ecstasy at a night club and within next 48 hours he ends up behind bars. release date of film has t yet been revealed by makers.

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(Story credit: Bhumi Pednekar's spokesperson/ PR team)