We need to change depiction of genders: Bhumi Pednekar

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Bhumi Pednekar has expressed that the industry needs to change the depiction of genders.

The Saand Ki Aankh actress while calling for a change in the way women are portrayed on the silver screens said that there was a need to change the ‘white-washed’ image of women that currently exists in the movies.

In a recent interview, Pednekar said, “We need to change the depiction of genders. We need to change how we show women and men. Women are not supposed to be whitewashed. We have desires, we have ambition, we have physical needs and emotions, and we have the capacity to balance. I believe women have superpowers. I think we need to see a lot more of that in our cinema,” she was quoted saying on an Indian magazine.

“Similarly, we must alter the way men are shown in films. We put so much pressure on the male gender, telling them that they are supposed to be strong, that they can’t cry, can’t show emotion. That is so wrong. This narrative — ‘a man doesn’t hurt’– needs to change,” she went on to say.