Of late several Bollywood leading ladies have opened up about the sexism that they face in showbiz. From not getting meaty roles to the pay disparity, they have spoken about almost everything under the sun. Now, Neha Dhupia has opened up about the sexism she faced in the South film industry. She revealed that the filmmakers would give preferential treatment to the lead actor or the ‘hero’ of the film on the sets even when it came down to a simple thing as lunch.
Talking to an entertainment portal, she said, “I think long time back when I was doing a South film, they always insisted on feeding the hero first and I would just be like ‘I am hungry’ and they would be like, ‘But he is in a shot and he will pick up the plate first’. Bizarre things like that would happen.”
However, she further added, “But that was many years ago. It was very archaic and things like that don’t happen anymore. It happened once on a set with me and I just laughed it off. It really did not bother me because I was just like ‘OK fine. I’ll just sit around’.”
Well, that’s pretty bizarre, right? We hope the attitude has changed somewhat in the southern film industry now.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
