Film Essay: Sexism In The Indian Cinema

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Name – PriyankaDharwani
Roll No. 1558.
Final Draft - Sexism in the Indian Cinema
Indian cinema has contributed a lot to the media and the entertainment industry over the years now and moulded the image of cinema in India in the eyes of the world. In the Generation we live in today, India has arrived at a stage where woman and men are treated equally; well almost equally. But there are still people, still industries and certain areas that do look down upon woman till date. And have we ever wondered why? There are many industries and reasons why woman are still looked down upon on. One of the industries being Cinema, The cinema over the years has only portrayed the image of woman as being in the house doing the chores or being dominated by …show more content…

When she was asked by Amish tripathi if she faced any gender issues in the industry she had replied “Though my father is a North Indian Punjabi, never once did he make me feel the difference between my brother and me. Our parents never told their daughters you can’t do this, or we would have to marry at a certain age or we cannot work. But when I joined the film industry, it was such a shock! I would give an opinion on something and would be told to behave like a girl and be softer else people wouldn’t find me attractive. On occasions, I have been told to go on stage and speak after the male actor. I have reacted by saying but I am a bigger star,” Stating another famous Bollywood actress – Anushka Sharma’s viewpoints on Sexism in Bollywood she said ““If there is an actor at the same stature as me, who would be able to bring in only that much money to a movie, he would still be paid more than me because he is a guy. Nobody is even thinking about it. It is just ingrained.” And when she was asked about who is given more preference every time she said ““You always feel the discrimination. It is not just with the money, it is also in general. If you are on an outdoor schedule, you know that the guy is going to get the better room. Why does that need to

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