Smita
Patil
Was
Disgusted
With
Sridevi-Amitabh
Bachchan
Starrer
'Inquilab'
She
was
quoted
as
saying,
"Somehow
everyone's
taste
has
also
become
very
vulgar.
There
is
one
swimming
pool
song
in
‘Inquilab'.
God,
you
make
the
audience
into
voyeurs.
I
wonder
how
the
women
audience
react.
They
must
be
definitely
feeling
very
embarrassed,
ashamed
at
such
a
blatant
display
of
female
flesh."
Smita
Patil
Felt
Such
Films
Should
Be
Banned!
"I
think
it
is
the
women
audience
who
should
get
together
and
revolt.
In
Delhi,
the
‘Saheli'
group
had
led
out
an
agitation
against
vulgar
kind
of
Malyalam
films,
and
succeeded
in
getting
them
banned."
Smita
Patil
On
Sridevi
Being
Exploited
While
talking
about
Sridevi,
Smita
Patil
said,
"Sridevi
is
a
good
friend
of
mine.
I
really
would
like
to
talk
to
her,
ask
her
whether
she
is
aware
of
the
way
she
is
being
exploited.
Maybe
she
is
not.
I
cannot
say
I
was
not
exploited.
During
‘Chakra' I
was
too
naïve
to
realise
the
suggestion
of
that
bathing
scene.
I
was
convinced
and
I
defended
it
for
years.
It
took
me
four
years
to
realise
-
a
thinking
person
like
me."
Smita
Patil
On
South
Indian
Actresses:
They
Do
These
Meaningless
Scenes
To
Make
Enough
Money
"And
these
South
Indian
actresses
have
not
even
been
brought
up
to
think.
Their
surroundings
don't
give
them
a
chance
to
grow
very
much
mentally.
They
are
groomed
to
be
actresses
from
their
childhood.
They
are
extremely
protected
on
the
sets
and
otherwise.
So
it
is
only
natural
that
they
look
at
life
through
their
parent's
eyes.
They
do
these
meaningless
scenes
to
make
enough
money
and
get
married.
And
by
the
end
of
their
lives
they
haven't
even
realised
that
they
were
being
exploited
all
their
life.
It's
a
pity."
In
The
Same
Interview,
Deepti
Naval
Slammed
Sridevi
&
Jaya
Prada
She
was
quoted
as
saying,
"These
South
Indian
actresses
just
want
to
be
sex-objects
and
they
don't
mind
being
exploited.
I
don't
think
any
of
them
have
ever
stopped
to
think
what
kind
of
a
woman
they
project
on
the
screen
what
kind
of
effect
it
can
have
on
the
audience."
Deepti
Naval
Thrashes
The
Films
Of
Sridevi
-
Tohfa
&
Mawali
"They
just
want
to
make
money
even
if
it
means
being
exploited
physically
and
mentally.
They
are
not
bothered
about
the
conditions
of
the
Indian
women
or
what
kind
of
lives
they
lead,
their
causes.
It
doesn't
matter
to
them
one
bit,
just
because
there
are
people
who
are
ready
to
pay
and
see
them.
The
‘Tohfas',
"Mawalis' are
great
hits.
It's
depressing
really."
Deepika
Naval
Also
Targeted
Sridevi
For
Only
Caring
About
Box
Office
Success
"Films
are
a
strong
medium,
a
lot
can
be
done
through
it.
Sridevi
is
a
fabulous
dancer
and
a
good
actress
but
look
what
she's
doing
to
herself.
I
saw
‘Jaag
Utha
Insaan'
and
I
was
really
impressed
by
her
effortless
acting
and
dancing.
I
think
she
should
come
down
and
do
some
good
films.
In
‘Sadma'
too,
she
was
good
and
I
said
to
myself,
‘God,
here
is
an
actress'.
But
after
that
it's
just
been
‘Tohfa',
‘Maqsad',
etc."
She
Further
Added...
"But
then
for
that
you
must
have
your
priorities
clear.
I
may
have
gone
on
believing
that
you
have
to
be
a
Rekha
or
a
Hema.
I
went
through
a
phase
of
confusion
myself
and
signed
a
few
films
here
and
there,
but
today
I
define
my
own
terms
of
success.
If
as
an
actress,
I
am
successful,
I
am
successful.
I
don't
care
for
the
box-office
where
as
these
actresses
do."