Good time for female actors in Bollywood today: Richa Chadha

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"Gangs of Wasseypur" actress Richa Chadha feels Bollywood is a good place for female actors right now as there are better roles being written for them. Richa, who will be seen in debutant Neeraj Ghaywan's Cannes-acclaimed "Masaan", said the industry and the audience have become more receptive to actresses, especially in lead roles. "It is a good time for female actors because there is greater acceptability. I also feel meaty roles are being written for actresses. I loved 'Queen', 'NH10' and 'Piku'...Great roles for women are there right now," the actress told PTI.
Richa, 26, is happy to be a part of "Masaan", whose story is set in Varanasi, as she feels it is high time films utilised modest backdrops. "It is about time that films with modest settings and real characters got made because in the past we have seen movies set in foreign locations, big cities... Now it is the time to see the more rooted stories," she said.
The "Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!" actress, who is known for preferring meaty roles over big banners and a film's commercial value, said she cannot star in any movie if her character does not make sense to her. "I will do a big budget film provided my role is substantial because I have to have fun doing a movie, I have to make sense. I am fairly selective. "You will be seeing a lot more of me now but every film has its destiny. I have done some films, which are yet to release," she said.
Richa will be next seen Pooja Bhatt's "Cabaret", "Main Aur Charles" and Sudhir Mishra's "Aur Devdas".
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Why would the film makers care about how demeaning women find item numbers, when they have a huge number of men waiting for one glimpse of the item girl? When they know they can force men to come to movie theaters through the 1-2 minute teasers of these item numbers? Moreover, won’t the rantings of the common woman sound stupid to them, when they have a line-up of women ready to dance to the beat?
They have so many reasons to continue making these songs, that they’d never stop to think how unhealthy they are for the society. There is a huge difference between literate and illiterate men. There are men who respect women and those who don’t. Showing women as objects will only encourage them to demean the opposite gender even more. The worst part is, when kids are seen dancing over these songs on weddings, while their mothers and fathers clap and encourage them.

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