Asha Parekh, who was awarded with the Dadasaheb Phalke award in September, not too long ago spoke up about negativity the movie Pathaan and its actor Deepika Padukone acquired. After the discharge of its first music Besharam Rang, Deepika was criticised by a couple of individuals for donning an orange bikini. The veteran actor got here to Deepika’s defence. (Also learn: Asha Parekh on her Dadasaheb Phalke Award: ‘All my desires are now fulfilled’)
The 80-year-old actress has retired from movies now for over twenty years however might be seen often in tv actuality reveals for particular episodes. In 2017, Asha launched her autobiography, Hit Girl, which was written together with journalist Khalid Mohamed.
In an interview with Aaj Tak, the veteran actor was requested concerning the negativity concerning the movie business that persists on social media. She referred to individuals attacking Deepika within the music Besharam Rang and stated, “Yeh bahut galat hai, film toh film hai. Jiska mool, maksad entertainment hai. Ab kisi actress ne, orange pehen liya, ya naam kuch aisa ho gaya toh usse ban kar rahe hai? Yeh nahi achha lagta hai (This is very wrong, a film is a film. Which is mostly about entertainment. If an actress wears orange, or the name is different, you start banning it? It doesn’t look good).” She went to say that the movie business is dying as movies will not be working. If individuals proceed to boycott movies on high of this, then it harms the business because it hinders extra movies from being made.
She added, “Bikini per bawaal nahi tha, yahan toh orange rang ki bikini ko lehkar sawaal uth rahe hai. Mujhe lagta hai ki hamara dimaag ab bandh hota ja raha hai. Hum bahut hello chhoti soch ke hote ja rahe hai, jo galat hai. Bollywood hamesha ke liye gentle goal raha hai (It was not an uproar on the bikin, it was the orange color of the bikini that was being questioned. I believe that our mind goes off. We have gotten too close-minded, which is incorrect. Bollywood is all the time a gentle goal).
Pathaan, which additionally stars Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham, releases on January 25, 2023. Produced by Yash Raj Films, it’s directed by Siddharth Anand.