The new woman...

We have created another stereotype to break women’s image in cinema, says Rasika Dugal

Rasika Dugal says while it is a good sign how the image of Indian women is changing on-screen, she feels there’s an attempt to try to create a new stereotype to break the earlier. In Mirzapur, Rasika essays a housewife who is quite a complex, grey character.

Sharing her view on the changing image of Indian women in cinema, Rasika said, “I think we seem to have created another stereotype to break the image of stereotypical women in cinema. It is at times going to an extent where women start resembling men... I mean that is certainly not the idea of portraying women in the right manner.”

“Women have a complex, beautiful, mysterious, and a very interesting human mind to explore... At times we lose out on these nuances. We should not just be projected as ‘a woman also can do it like a man’.

Our uniqueness should be celebrated,” added the actress, who is receiving praises from critics this year for her performance in

Manto and Hamid. On her character in Mirzapur, Rasika said, “I loved the character of Beena because I know in small towns, though there are women who subscribe to the idea of a traditional wife, they are constantly negotiating to find their little freedom from there. Earlier, their way towards liberation wasn’t explored properly in cinema and entertainment... But I am so glad that it is happening now.”