Kalki Koechlin Is Glad That Zoya Akhtar Has Not Censored Women In Their Roles: Gully Boy
Kalki Koechlin said in an interview that she is glad director Zoya Akhtar has not censored women in their roles, referring to Alia Bhatt and her own character in Gully Boy.
Alia
Bhatt
is
no
doubt
one
of
the
top
actresses
in
the
Hindi
film
industry
right
now,
and
she
has
proved
it
yet
again
with
her
performance
in
Gully
Boy.
Alia
plays
the
fiery
tempered
Safina
in
the
movie,
a
young
girl
who
does
not
tolerate
any
other
woman
trying
to
flirt
with
her
boy
friend
or
steal
him.
In
almost
every
scene,
Alia
and
Ranveer
create
magic.
But
the
one
scene
that
has
got
everybody
talking
is
(SPOILER
ALERT)
is
where
Safina,
in
the
second
half
of
the
movie,
feels
there
is
something
brewing
between
Murad,
played
by
Ranveer,
and
Sky,
played
by
Kalki
Koechlin,
and
smashes
a
beer
bottle
on
Sky's
head.
While
there
were
many
that
were
applauding
Safina
during
the
scene,
some
felt
that
the
scene
was
a
little
extreme.
However,
Kalki
begs
to
differ
from
those
who
feel
that
the
scene
was
unnecessary.
Talking
to
Bollywood
Life,
Kalki
said,
"We've
spent
1000s
of
years
telling
what
women
should
be
and
should
not
be.
So
I
think
it's
great
that
Zoya
(Akhtar)
has
gone
ahead
and
not
censored
women
in
their
roles.
And
Alia
plays
a
certain
kind
of
character
who
has
a
very
fiery
temper.
So
I
think
she's
done
a
fabulous
job
in
representing
Safina.
And
no
one
is
black
and
white
in
the
movie.
It's
not
a
story
about
how
you
should
behave,
and
you
should
not
behave.
These
are
real,
raw
characters
and
I
am
glad
they're
being
portrayed
realistically."
Isn't
that
an
interesting
and
progressive
perspective
on
the
scene?
Gully
Boy
has
surpassed
expectations
of
movie
goers
who
were
very
eager
to
watch
a
story
on
the
underground
rap
scene
in
Mumbai,
and
an
underdog's
story
at
that,
through
the
lens
of
director
Zoya
Akhtar.
The
movie
has
been
storming
through
the
box
office
since
its
release
and
has
also
earned
rave
reviews
from
critics.