Bollywood
has
made
tremendous
progress
in
recent
years
with
respect
to
breaking
stereotypes,
creating
content
driven
movies,
increasing
awareness
on
exploitation
within
the
industry,
and
so
on.
But
many
know
that
there
is
still
a
long
way
to
go
if
the
Hindi
film
industry
is
to
be
considered
progressive.
Actress
Zareen
Khan
opened
up
about
her
own
experience
of
losing
out
a
project
because
she
did
not
fit
a
mould
required
to
play
a
part.
Zareen
was
offered
a
role
of
a
rural
woman,
but
was
later
dropped
from
it
because
she
did
not
look
'rural
enough'.
Zareen
shared
her
view
on
the
existence
and
continuance
of
certain
stereotypes
in
the
industry.
She
said,
"I
don't
think
that
the
stereotypes
have
been
broken,
because
no
matter
how
much
our
industry
speaks
'there
should
be
no
body
shaming'
somehow,
a
majority
of
the
people
want
an
actress
with
the
perfect
body."
Talking
about
the
project
she
lost,
she
said,
"This
was
not
related
to
weight...
it
could
have
been
maybe,
but
the
makers
didn't
tell
me
that
way.
It
was
even
worse."
She
continued,
"So,
there
was
an
amazing
script
that
was
narrated
to
me,
and
it
looked
like
it
was
going
to
happen.
This
was
last
year,
or
just
before
that.
It
was
supposed
to
be
a
story
[set
in]
rural
India.
All
of
a
sudden,
I
get
a
call
saying
'you
know
what...
you
don't
look
like
a
rural
girl'.
What
does
that
even
mean?
They
added
'your
skin
is
fair,
it's
just
the
whole
structure,
rural
girls
are
a
little
on
the
darker
side,
very
petite,
this
and
that.'
I
was
like,
'Okay,
are
we
stereotyping
rural
women?'
It's
not
that
everyone
in
rural
India
is
dark;
there
are
some
people
on
the
heavier
side
as
well,
with
fair
skin
and
light
eyes."
Talking
about
exceptions
to
this
culture
in
the
industry,
she
mentioned
Dum
Laga
Ke
Haisha
and
said,
"That's
why
[I
am
referring
to]
most
of
them,
not
all
of
them.
It
was
such
a
real
film,
Bhumi
was
playing
a
real
person.
That's
why
she
made
it
look
real
and
got
accepted.
It's
all
about
being
real
at
the
end
of
the
day.
We
have
female
actors
with
great
bodies.
Hats
off
to
them
for
that.
But
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it
should
be
about
your
acting,
and
what
you're
portraying
than
just
having
a
great
body!"
Zareen
was
last
seen
in
the
horror
film,
1921,
directed
by
Vikram
Bhatt,
starring
opposite
Karan
Kundra.