Vidya Says Women Like Vasudha Exist
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Saturday, 20th June 2015, 3:54 PM IST Vidya Balan’s recently released flick ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’ is facing a lot of backlash from critics for its mangalsutra-holding female protagonist. People are questioning how Vidya agreed to be part of a film like this as she has always shown women empowerment with films like ‘The Dirty Picture’, ‘Kahaani’ and ‘Ishqiya’. However, the actress states that women like Vasudha (her character name in ‘HAK’) exist. Vidya said, "I don't think that any one is completely detached from such traditional roots. Many women out there do believe that their identities are derived from men in their lives. At some point in time, there is a father or a brother and later husband or son. Somehow, women are still bound by traditions, their roots are very traditional. We have been not been able to completely get rid of that." "It was challenging for me because I didn't believe that there are women like Vasudha around us even today. It was Bhatt saab who said that 'Look around, every second woman out there is Vasudha'. It could be to varying degree but she exists. Howsoever evolved or liberated a woman may be but at the core of it, she is traditional in her thinking," she added. Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |