Richa Chadha Critiques Bollywood's Shallow Depiction of Progressive Women:

Richa Chadha Critiques Bollywood's Shallow Depiction of Progressive Women: "Cigarette Jalaya, Nightclub Chale Gaye"

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Richa Chadha didn't hold back when discussing how women are portrayed in a shallow way in films. During a chat with Faye D'Souza on her YouTube channel, she pointed out that the typical "progressive woman" is often depicted as someone who enjoys smoking, drinking, and hitting up nightclubs.

Richa's comments

Richa mentioned during the chat, “They’re trying to portray you as a modern woman—at least from the 2010s to 2012—by having you smoke. Like, you light a cigarette and head to a nightclub. You’re having an existential crisis while looking super hot on the dance floor. Your mascara is running down, and that’s when the crisis hits. And of course, there’s a hit song playing. I just think these characters are really poorly written. I want to ask those filmmakers: Do you actually know women like this? And how do you still relate to them at fifty when this is more of a twenty-something thing?” Then everyone gets their act together.

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Richa pointed out, "When people talk about sacrifice, women are already doing plenty. We create a whole new life using the calcium from our bones. They get all their nutrients from our blood. Our hair falls out, and we lose sleep over it. There’s already so much sacrifice; we don’t need to add more. Society should step up and acknowledge that..."

Richa was last seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. The series, featuring Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Taha Shah Badushaah, is streaming on Netflix. Recently, Richa took on the role of producer for the film Girls Will Be Girls, which tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl in a boarding school in India. The film got great reviews when it premiered on Prime Video.

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