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Nandita Das: Female actors still stereotyped in their portrayal
Updated On: 22 June, 2018 07:39 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Nandita Das says such projects undermine "many struggles that women go through and further panders to the male gaze" in an industry, where she feels murmurs about the MeToo and Time's Up movements have been "too low"
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Is getting sexual freedom the only way for women to be free, asks acclaimed actress and filmmaker Nandita Das as she wonders why most women-centric films only touch upon the issue of female sexuality. She says such projects undermine "many struggles that women go through and further panders to the male gaze" in an industry, where she feels murmurs about the #MeToo and Time's Up movements have been "too low".
From narrating the trauma of a gang-raped victim in Bawandar or highlighting homosexual relations though a lesbian relationship in Fire or initiating a campaign to embrace dark skin -- Nandita has always tried to give voice to women who are fighting for equal rights and acceptance, with her projects. And she hopes to continue with it. "When a project is submitted, the question is still asked -- who is the hero? This will take some time to change. An A-list actress will never have an A-list actor playing opposite her if she's playing the lead. While the opposite happens all the time," Nandita told IANS in an e-mail interview.
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