Actress Nushrratt Bharuccha recently talked about how women have become more open to expressing what they feel about various social issues and taboos, both in films and real life.
Bollywood actress Nushrratt Bharuccha is of the opinion that women in both real life and movies, have become more vocal about their views on social issues and taboo topics. The actor, whose last movies- 바카라˜Chhorii바카라™ and 바카라˜Dream Girl바카라™ were based on topics like female infanticide and loneliness, will play the role of a condom salesgirl in her upcoming project 바카라˜Janhit Mein Jaari바카라™.Â
"Time has come today where we can have difficult conversations and I don바카라™t think it is limited to cinema. Even in office space, a woman can talk about having periods and taking a day off. There are more conversations that women can have in their lives and workplace," Nushrratt told PTI in an interview.Â
The actor believes the performance of the upcoming Raaj Shaandilyaa-production will define the degree of change in the society. "Whether we can be successful at it, is a big question. Cumulatively, the country will tell us whether they have accepted us with this normalcy or not. We will learn about it when our film releases," she added.
Nushratt said while she is unaware of the exact business women-led films have been doing at the box office, she is happy that her previous few choices cemented her position as a credible performer.
"Post the release of 바카라˜Chhorii바카라™ I was offered three more movies led by women, this for me is a success. Because if more producers and directors are willing to put money in, it means they have earned some returns. The fact that the team is willing to make 바카라˜Chhori바카라™, gives me an indication that it was a success."
Born and brought up in Mumbai, Nushratt started her acting career with TV show 바카라˜Kittie Party바카라™ (2002) and made foray in Bollywood with 바카라˜Jai Santoshi Maa바카라™ (2006). She then featured in Dibarkar Banerjee바카라™s 바카라˜Love Sex Aur Dhokha바카라™ (2010) but it was Luv Ranjan바카라™s 바카라˜Pyaar Ka Punchnama바카라™ franchise and 바카라˜Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety바카라™ (2018) that catapulted her to fame.Â
In the last three years, she has worked on movies like Shaandilyaa's 바카라˜Dream Girl', Hansal Mehta's 바카라˜Chhalaang바카라™, Netflix anthology 바카라˜Ajeeb Daastaans바카라™ and Vishal Furia-directed 바카라˜Chhorii바카라™. Nushrratt said filmmakers have started taking her more seriously post these movies and she is now getting parts which are written specifically for her.
"Things have definitely changed. After 바카라˜Chhori바카라™ and 바카라˜Ajeeb Daastaans바카라™, filmmakers believe I can do these heavy roles. There are some producers who have said 바카라˜we can only think of you바카라™, which is great... It has a lot to do with the body of work."Â
바카라˜Janhit Mein Jaari바카라™ traces the journey of a woman from a small town in Madhya Pradesh who faces challenges due to social taboo around condoms, as she fights back her family and the neighbourhood. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Jai Basantu Singh.Â
The actor said Raaj shared the idea of 바카라˜Janhit Mein Jaari바카라™ with her during the filming of 바카라˜Dream Girl바카라™ and she was blown away by the concept. "For me it was a mind-blowing thought that the girl will get to be at the centre talking about a social message with a dash of humour," she said.
바카라˜Janhit Mein Jaari바카라™ also features Anud Dhaka, Annu Kapoor and Paritosh Tripathi in pivotal roles.
Produced by Vinod Bhanushali under his banner Bhanushali Studios Limited and Think Ink Picturez in association with Shree Raghav Entertainment LLP, the film is set to be theatrically released on June 10.
[With Inputs From PTI]