Portrayal of modern women in Bollywood going wrong; After Ratna Shah, Richa Chadha slams the current trend Watch

Bollywood always had a misogynist and regressive attitude when it comes to portraying a modern woman on the silver screen. While festivals like Karwa Chauth are highlighted and considered an important part of a traditional Indian woman’s life, when it comes to showing a modern woman on the screen, things not only get bolder but cheaper and vulgar.

"Nowadays the idea of a 'modern woman' is one who smokes and drinks." - Ratna Pathak Shah
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Why can’t a modern Indian woman on Bollywood ’s screen be independent, wearing decent clothes, and playing her part as someone who is contributing with her work and not good looks to society? But that does not seem to be the case. Ratna Pathak Shah who has always been candid about her opinions regarding Bollywood’s stereotypical portrayal of modern women in an interview said, “Nowadays the idea of a modern woman is one who smokes and drinks. Several scripts I have to turn down because ‘modern aunty kya hoti hai?’ Modern mummy kya hoti hai?’-Woh baithke sutta marti hai.”

“Modernity is in your head. It is how you treat other people. It is not how you wear or what you eat or what you talk,” added the veteran actress. Recently actress Richa Chadha too openly bashed the stereotypical portrayal of modern women in Bollywood saying, “They want to show you as a progressive woman- at least in 2010s-2012s- by smoking. Matlab cigarette jala liya, nightclub mein chale gaye hai. You have an existential crisis while looking very hot on the dance floor. Your mascara will run down when you have an existential crisis."

"They show progressive women in films as someone who smokes, drinks and goes to the nightclubs." - After Ratna P Shah Richa Chadha shares her views on portrayal of women.
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From irrelevant dance numbers to item songs even the leading Bollywood actresses like Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone have given in to the demands of producers and done such roles of girls with no substance or substantial character who can hold onto their own in front of the lead heroes.