Multi-talented actress Kangana Ranaut is one actress who
never minces her words and is an advocate against gender bias that is very
evident in Bollywood. Whether it be the wage gap between a male actor and a
female actor or for the actress to always be just the love interest, Kangana
always wages a war against such stereotypes and makes her own mark in Bollywood.
"By and large, the system is not comfortable with an
actress being intelligent. Too bad if she is smarter than the male lead. And
worse, if she is smarter than the director," Kangana retorted to a famous daily.
Does Kangana's intelligence oblige her to go solo and be the
main lead instead? On this, the actress disclosed, "I have no choice but
to go solo at this point. I face prejudice and people joke about how I am the
bully. I swing between being a bi**h and Buddha. Have you heard that I am a
witch apparently?"
Kangana exclaimed, "This talk starts only because they
want actresses to be dumb and pretty. I can't act dumb. I can't sit on a set
pampering the male ego, just because it's the easier way to get your way around
men. To expect men to stand up for feminism is silly. They are used to being a
priority in every field. It was a life of comfort for them — women were looking
after their homes, giving them sex. Suddenly, women are coming out of this
chauvinistic spell and asking relevant questions. That is bothering the
men," the actress stated adding, "Women, too, are sometimes more
chauvinistic than men, perpetuating the 'men are better' complex."
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