Shabana Azmi critiques young women's rejection of Feminism: “Itni chid aati hain na mujhe”

Shabana Azmi has played a significant role in opening doors for female actors to take on meaningful roles in parallel cinema. In a recent interview with Faye D'Souza on her YouTube channel, Shabana expressed her frustration when young women claim they are not feminists. She also elaborated on her definition of feminism.

 

Shabana Azmi critiques young women's rejection of Feminism: “Itni chid aati hain na mujhe”

 

Shabana said, “Itni chid aati hain na mujhe… itni chid aati hain. Kyuki koi samajh hi nahi hain ki feminist ka matlab kya hain. They are still associating with the bra-burning woman, they don't know anything. I will tell an interesting incident when I was in America and I was ironing Javed [Akhtar]'s Kurta, and this woman said, ‘You call yourself a feminist and you are ironing husband’s kurta?' When I said what has this got to do with feminism then she said, ‘Meaning? Will he iron your sari?’ I said, ‘I will never let him do that!’ Iski understanding bahot hi weak, kamzor hain. Kya matlab ki ‘I am not a feminist’? Have you even thought about it? There is no clarity.”

 

When asked what she thinks feminism means, Shabana said, “Everything. The whole gaze in the way which you view the world is different. Men and women are different. Not better, not worse. That difference needs to be celebrated. Equal but different. For far too long, the world has solutions to all problems from the male point of view. So we have to say that we have to be included in that dialogue and force our way… You have to have your place at the table.”

 

Shabana Azmi recently received the Excellence in Cinema award at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, presented to her by Waheeda Rehman. The veteran actress was last seen in Karan Johar's Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani, for which she won both Filmfare and IIFA awards.

 

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