Kajol breaks silence on discrimination against women in the Bollywood industry

Shikha Chaurasia

Pune, January 22, 2021: In the film industry, the question about a lack of work opportunities for actresses often gets discussed. Famous Bollywood actress Kajol has also come forward to discuss this.

Kajol, who has been a part of the film industry for the past 29 years, says that the incidents of discrimination against women are true to some extent, but there are also instances where there is no discrimination. Taking up this issue recently, actress Dia Mirza said that it seems strange for actors above 50 years to indulge in romance with girls half their age.

Talking about this issue, Kajol gave some examples and said, ‘The truth is that actresses like Sharmila Tagore, Sadhana, Nargis Dutt have worked long after marriage. The actresses were in their 40s and worked in the industry. Yes, it is true that today people are looking at this issue from a different perspective. Today, we suddenly see something that has never happened before. But this happened earlier also. Even my mother Tanuja did not stop working.” Kajol said that there are many female actors who have been working continuously.

Giving her example, Kajol said that I am here and working. I am very proud of it. I do not attach much importance to the issue of age in Bollywood. I never did that. The only thing is whether you yourself feel that you are too old for some work. After all, if Aamir Khan can play the role of a college student in the film Three Idiots at the age of 40, why not me? He believed that he could do this and he did so with some special effects.

Kajol said that it matters what people think about you. If people believe that you can do some work then it can happen and if they do not think so then you will not get work. In the recently released film Tribhanga, Kajol appeared in the role of an Odissi dancer.