Image Source : INSTAGRAM/RANIMUKERJI_OFFICIAL Rani Mukerji on National Girl Child Day: ‘Fortunate to get tasks that had sturdy feminine protagonists’
On the event of National Girl Child Day on Sunday, Rani Mukerji opened up on the facility of cinema to drive modifications that might profit girls. The actress, who has been round in Bollywood for twenty-four years now, feels lucky that she has, by and enormous, labored in movies that provided her sturdy protagonists. “By projecting girls well, cinema definitely tries to contribute towards showing how girls can be so much more than what society wanted them to be,” she stated.
“Cinema has the power to impact societal change and actors do have the power to talk to people and seed the thought of positive change through their choice of films. I have been fortunate as an artist to get projects that had strong female protagonists and, to be honest, I have also consciously tried to seek out such projects,” she added.
The actress reveals that she at all times has a selected plan in thoughts whereas selecting roles and movies.
“I want my body of work to loudly tell the world what my intent was, with my brand of cinema and my roles, and today, I’m happy that I chose well. I say this because I wanted to do my bit towards shifting society’s stereotyped gaze towards women,” she added.
Rani hopes she been instrumental in projecting girls as sturdy and unbiased via her roles.
“Most of the characters I have played — like Rhea in Hum Tum, Shashi in Yuva, Roshni in Talaash, Suhani in Saathiya, Saamiya in Veer-Zaara, Michelle in Black, Meera in No One Killed Jessica, Shivani in Mardaani, or Naina in Hichki among others — have hopefully been instrumental in projecting women as strong, independent, forward-thinking individuals who are not afraid to follow their hearts and do the right thing.”
She says she is a satiated artiste due to her selections that made an effort to alter society. “Films can play a big hand in altering societal notions, bring about the right change,” she noticed.
When it involves the portrayal of ladies in movies, she feels there may be nonetheless lots of work to be achieved.
“I know there is still a lot of work to be done, and films can contribute much more in triggering the right thoughts and conversations about equality, parity, and independence of women. I have faith in the industry that we will try to do our best,” she summed up.
