Director
Sudhir
Mishra,
whose
films
Hazaaron
Khwaishein
Aisi,
Dharavi
and
Chameli
saw
women
playing
strong
characters
onscreen,
feels
that
actresses
today
are
not
chosen
on
the
basis
of
their
talent.
Mishra
said
that
actresses
these
days
are
just
used
for
"glam
quotient
and
sizzling
item
numbers".
"I
really
miss
those
days
when
directors
like
Guru
Dutt,
Satyajit
Ray
and
Vijay
Anand
used
to
select
actresses
on
the
basis
of
their
talent.
But,
today,
we
look
for
actresses
in
models.
They
have
the
glam
quotient
and
film's
budget
being
managed
by
their
sizzling
item
numbers," Mishra
told
the
PTI.
Having
started
his
career
as
an
assistant
director
and
scriptwriter
in
Kundan
Shah's
comedy
classic
Jaane
Bhi
Do
Yaaron,
Mishra
made
his
foray
into
direction
with
serious
issue-based
films.
He
feels
that
during
80s
and
90s
women
characters
in
films
deteriorated
when
traders
company
took
over
the
film
industry.
"Hindi
cinema
has
been
showing
strong
women
characters
since
1950.
Guide
and
Mughal-E-Azam
are
the
best
examples
of
films
of
that
era.
But,
the
retardation
of
women
took
place
when
trader
companies
took
over
the
cinema
in.
But
parallel
cinema
didn't
change
its
track
and
filmmaker
like
Shyam
Benegal
used
his
actresses
as
a
strong
character
in
his
films,"
Mishra
said.
The
Inkaar
helmer
said
that
his
upbringing
helped
him
realise
the
importance
of
women.
"My
upbringing
helped
me
to
portray
women
in
a
strong
light.
I
was
very
much
attached
to
my
mother
and
grandmother
and
I
have
seen
how
they
used
to
balance
everything
in
our
house.
That
inspired
me
always
to
show
women
stronger
in
my
scripts,"
he
added.