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According to recent news, Kareena Kapoor is pregnant. It’s great to see that motherhood need not be a limiting factor for female actors anymore.
Kareen Kapoor Khan’s pregnancy is a happy news. However, what has increased our happiness even further is the fact that at least some people in Bollywood are acting as true professionals about it. Instead of replacing her in the forthcoming movie, Veere di Wedding, the makers of the film had actually thought of changing the story line to incorporate Kareena’s pregnancy.
In an industry where actresses are often forgotten after they get married, whereas middle-aged actors can still romance actresses old enough to be their daughters, this is indeed a refreshing change! The movie’s producer Rhea Kapoor had posted this on Instagram after speculations were rife whether Kareena will be replaced post her pregnancy news:
#veerediwedding and that's all folks! Congratulations to the to be parents! @anilkapoorfilmcompany @anilskapoor @sonamkapoor @reallyswara @shikhatalsania @shashankaghosh A photo posted by Rhea Kapoor (@rheakapoor) on Jul 2, 2016 at 3:33am PDT
#veerediwedding and that's all folks! Congratulations to the to be parents! @anilkapoorfilmcompany @anilskapoor @sonamkapoor @reallyswara @shikhatalsania @shashankaghosh
A photo posted by Rhea Kapoor (@rheakapoor) on Jul 2, 2016 at 3:33am PDT
If we look at Hollywood, married or older actresses are not shunned from the industry the way it happens in Bollywood. Not only do those actresses remain in demand, there are also scripts that are written specifically keeping their age in mind. Though things are slowly changing in Bollywood, we still have a long way to go. The hero’s age or marital status had never had any impact on their fame in Bollywood. In fact, two of the three leading Khans are married with kids.
However, if we look at great actresses such as Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Karishma Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee and so on, their acting careers either slowed down or stopped entirely post marriage. If it is a person’s choice to not work after marriage, then that is fine. However, if they’re forced to give up on their careers because of a change in marital status or due to motherhood then that seems unfair given their male counterparts would never be impacted by these life decisions. Kareena had always been vocal about not compromising on her career post marriage and it is a welcome change to see her filmmakers supporting her in this decision. In 2016, she had two releases, Ki and Ka and Udta Punjab.
According to reports, Kareena will shoot a part of Veere di Wedding till October and then go on a break. Her delivery is due in December post which she’ll take a three months break before resuming the shooting for the movie.
Veere Di Wedding is about the modern Indian women and along with Kareena it also stars Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar, and Shikha Talsania. Kudos to the filmmakers for attempting to make Bollywood a level playing ground for women. Here’s wishing that more people in the industry take a cue from this progressive trend and it becomes more common with time.
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Some time ago, Imtiaz Ali and Hansal Mehta respectively spoke of biopics of Madhubala and Meena Kumari. But do these biopics do justice to these women?
I recently came across a Reddit thread that discussed the fact that filmmaker Imtiaz Ali had announced making a biopic of Madhubala, and I wanted to explore this a little.
Of late, biopics based on the lives of beautiful but fatefully tragic women such as Lady Diana and Marilyn Monroe have created waves. Closer at home, we hear about the possibilities of biopics being made on the lives of Meena Kumari and Madhubala as well. These were hugely famous, stunningly beautiful women who were the heartthrobs of millions; who died tragically young.
A new Gallup poll reveals that up to 40% of Indian women are angry compared to 27% of men. This is a change from 29% angry women and 28% angry men 10 years ago, in 2012.
Indian women are praised as ‘susheel’, virtuous and to be emulated when they are obedient, ready to serve others and when they put the wishes of others before their own. However, Indian women no longer seem content to be in the constrictive mould that the patriarchy has fashioned for them. A Gallup poll looked at the issue of women’s anger, their worry, stress, sadness and found that women consistently feel these emotions more than men, particularly in India.
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