NEW DELHI: Veteran Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah recognized how to not mince phrases. Be it political stance or present day Hindi movie trade, the actress is thought to not maintain it again. In a latest interview with Pinkvilla, she expressed that that that India ‘is turning into extraordinarily conservative’, ‘superstitious’ and would possibly grow to be ‘like Saudi Arabia’.
Calling out the age-old custom of ladies observing quick on Karwa Chauth, Ratna said that nothing appeared to have modified for girls in India. Karwa Chauth is a conventional Hindu competition the place married ladies observe day-long fasts and pray for the lengthy lifetime of their husbands. Ratna revealed that she had been requested for the primary time final yr if she too noticed quick for her husband. The actress is married to veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah for the previous 40 years and the couple has two sons – Imaad and Vivaan Shah, each actors by occupation.
“Nothing has modified for girls, or little or no has modified in very essential areas. Our society is turning into extraordinarily conservative. We’re turning into superstitious, we’re being compelled into accepting and making faith an important a part of one’s life. Somebody requested me for the primary time final yr if I am conserving ‘karwa chauth ka vrat (observing karwa chauth)’. I stated, ‘Am I mad?'” Ratna advised the leisure portal throughout an interview.
“Is not it appalling that fashionable educated ladies do karwa chauth, praying for the lives of husbands in order that they will have some validity in life? A widow within the Indian context is a horrible state of affairs, is not it? So something that retains me away from widowhood. Actually? Within the twenty first century, we’re speaking like this? Educated ladies are doing this,” the actress identified.
The ‘Lipstick Beneath My Burqa’ actress said that the nation was transferring in the direction of a conservative society the place the ladies are clamped down first. “Have a look at all of the conservative societies on this world. Girls are those who’re most affected. What is the scope of ladies in Saudi Arabia? Can we need to grow to be like Saudi Arabia? And we are going to grow to be as a result of it’s totally very handy. Girls present a variety of unpaid labour inside the house. If you need to pay for that labour, who will do it? Girls are compelled into that state of affairs.”
The actress was final seen in Yash Raj Movie’s ‘Jayeshbhai Jordaar’ alongside Ranveer Singh, Boman Irani and Shalini Pandey. A prolific actress, Ratna has featured in a number of movies like ‘Khoobsurat’, ‘Kapoor and Sons’ and hit TV present ‘Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai’. She is going to subsequent be seen in Tarun Dudeja’s ‘Dhak Dhak’ alongside Dia Mirza, Fatima Sana Shaikh, and Sanjana Sanghi.