Ekta Kapoor says that many Indian women started making decisions after watching her shows

Ekta Kapoor is kwn for changing face of Indian television and producing some of most populer television dramas of all times. In a recent interview with a leading daily, Ekta Kapoor talked about how her shows influenced women across country in a positive way. 

Ekta Kapoor says that Indian women began taking decisions after watching her shows

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During an interview with a leading daily, Ekta Kapoor accepted fact that her shows were heavily stylized and melodramatic. However, she also said that se shows helped empower women in India. Ekta stated that her shows actually gave Indian women a voice. She added that re was a research that showed that after cable penetration, from about 2001 to 2005, which was when her shows ran, for first time in India, women started making decisions on family issues. 

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Ekta Kapoor furr said that this had never happened before. It was directly linked to fact that she made women in her shows protagonist and made m strong and willful. She n talked about a song in Kkusum, called Beti Ke Roop Mein Beta Mila, where daughter was compared to a son. However, Ekta Kapoor added that in hindsight,  very idea that a bread-winning woman should be compared to a man reeked of patriarchy.

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But, Ekta Kapoor also claimed that at that time, y were fighting a different war. She wanted to gain acceptance for idea that it was fine for girls to support ir parents financially. Ekta Kapoor was also recently houred with  Padma Shri Award, for her contribution to Indian television industry. 

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