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Film industry can be really sexist, says Vidya Balan!

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan says that the film industry can be really sexist too. Recently sexual misconduct claims which have been made against the big names of Hollywood. On this actress, Vidya Balan has revealed that even the Bollywood town can be really sexist too. Recently, an actress Vidya Balan was present at the launch of a business magazine and there she shared that the film industry can be really sexist and she even revealed that she did face the fair amount of sexism in the initial phase of her career.

When asked the actress that does she faced any kind of sexism in the industry? On this Vidya says that the film industry is been really nice to her so far because she thinks that she is a quite a headstrong woman. She thinks that it can really be sexist. However, she says that in her initial stage of her career she did face a fair amount of sexism. On this, she used to get really angry on.

Vidya says that she was told that the main actor has given dates, so she has to work on those dates, but she was never asked liked that. The male actors are always given the bigger van, a bigger hotel. There were people who would always say like that do you wish to listen to the story of the movie?

She considers herself very blessed that she has stepped in the industry with the movie like ‘Parineeta’ because no one in that movie has questioned her for the set of rules she set for herself. Moreover, she says that she has been told by one of the famous actors that in the Bollywood industry the female actor’s life is not much so if wishes to continue in the film industry then she has to look younger always. To get the role in the movies she has to look glamorous and on this, she has always told herself that it is not like that.

Vidya says that she is a feminist, but that does not mean that she is an anti-men. She believes that there is a huge difference between both of them and she feels that she has an equal right to breathe, live and lead her life as a man does. However, she has a dream to be an actor for the next 40 years and she really enjoys her work what she does. Nothing has changed since she first decided to be an actor she is not having any specific goals she just wants to work in the movies.

On the work front, Vidya Balan is gearing up for her upcoming comedy-drama movie title ‘Tumhari Sulu‘. The movie has been directed by Suresh Triveni and produced by Bhushan Kumar under the banners of T-Series and Ellipsis Entertainment. The movie features Vidya Balan in the role of a late night Radio jockey in Mumbai, Manav Kaul as Vidya Balan’s husband and actress Neha Dhupia as Vidya’s Boss.

The movie ‘Tumhari Sulu’ is all set to release on November 17, 2017.