Hema Malini complains male privilege in film industry
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 11, 2023
Veteran Bollywood actor Hema Malini complained about the lack of great roles for female stars in the industry, in contrast to their male counterparts.
In her recent interview with an Indian tabloid, the ‘Baghban’ actor decries the male privilege that her frequent co-star Amitabh Bachchan and other male superstars of the industry have, in terms of the roles written and offered to them
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“Where are the opportunities today? Even today, author-backed roles are not found for actresses; they are reserved for male actors,” Malini said.
“Mr Amitabh Bachchan gets such great roles even now, they are written especially for him. But such special roles have not been written for actresses till today. If someone can write a [tailor-made] role keeping me in mind, it would be nice,” she told the interviewer.
“I think I too am capable of performing well.”
The veteran added, “I’m waiting to explore different kinds of roles, from dramatic to out of the box. The role has to be amazing so that I can say yes immediately, but nobody has offered me anything like that yet.”
“As an artist, I would always want to do exciting projects. I will never say no to acting as it’s my passion.”
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Currently serving as the BJP MP from Mathura, the dream girl Hema Malini has been a part of more than 100 projects in her career span. Some of her notable projects include ‘Tum Haseen Main Jawaan’, ‘Raja Jani’, ‘Seeta Aur Geeta’, ‘Sholay’, ‘Jaaneman’, ‘Dream Girl’, ‘Kinara’, ‘The Burning Train’, ‘Bandish’, ‘Satte Pe Satta’ and ‘Baghban’.
On the other hand, Amitabh Bachchan is currently gearing up for Nag Ashwin’s bilingual film ‘Project K’ with Prabhas and Deepika Padukone.