New Delhi: Bollywood actress, former magnificence queen and environmentalist Dia Mirza has acknowledged that sexism exists in the Hindi film business. In an interview with Brut India, the newly married actress even accepted being a part of such tasks too.
In an interview with Brut India, Dia Mirza mentioned, “People were writing, thinking and making sexist cinema and I was a part of these stories. Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein has sexism in it. I was acting with these people. I was working with these people. It’s crazy. I will give you small examples. A makeup artist could only be a man, could not be a woman. A hairdresser only had to be a woman… When I started working in films there were at best about four or five women on any given crew with a unit strength of over 120… sometimes 180 people.”
Adding extra, Dia mentioned, “We live in a patriarchal society and it is an industry largely led by men. So there is rampant sexism. And I think for a large part it is not even conscious sexism because there are so many men who are writers, who are directors, who are actors, who are not even aware of their sexist thinking.”
Dia Mirza made her appearing debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein in 2001. She labored in a number of motion pictures and even has a manufacturing home to her credit score. She tied the knot with businessman Vaibhav Rekhi on the actress’s Bandra residence on February 15, 2021.Â
The Vedic ceremony that happened at Dia’s Bandra dwelling and was solemnised by a feminine priest and was in preserving with strict Coronavirus COVID-19 protocols. It was attended solely by the couple’s closest family and friends members.
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