Pooja Bhatt Reacts To Facing Gender Bias, Says People Tried To Curtail Her To Behave In A Certain Way
Pooja Bhatt recently made her acting comeback with the Netflix show Bombay Begums. Pooja who is being praised for her performance in the show, plays the role of a woman leading a financial institution
Pooja
Bhatt
recently
made
her
acting
comeback
with
the
Netflix
show
Bombay
Begums.
Pooja
who
is
being
praised
for
her
performance
in
the
show,
plays
the
role
of
a
woman
leading
a
financial
institution,
but
constantly
faces
opposition
from
the
male
members
of
the
board.
The
actress
recently
opened
up
about
the
bias
women
face
in
any
industry.
Recalling
her
experience
in
the
entertainment
industry,
she
told
IANS,
"I
was
very
privileged
to
be
born
to
parents
where
there
were
no
different
rules
for
my
mother
or
father,
and
I
was
never
given
the
feeling
that
just
because
I
am
a
female
child,
I
should
not
have
those
opinions
or
shouldn't
lead
my
life
like
that.
For
me,
the
problem
only
began
when
I
became
a
part
of
the
industry
and
became
a
star."
Pooja
revealed
that
she
was
expected
to
be
a
certain
way,
but
was
never
okay
with
it.
Calling
it
a
'Hindi
film
heroine'
pattern
she
shared
that
not
behaving
in
that
way
caused
friction
between
her
and
certain
sections
of
the
media.
While
there
was
appreciation
for
her
good
work,
she
added,
"there
was
a
lot
of
trying
to
hone
me
and
curtail
me
to
behave
in
the
way
I
was
meant
to
behave.
But
I
refused
to
be
curtailed."
The
actress
turned
producer
revealed
that
there
was
some
tiff
even
when
she
tried
to
become
a
producer.
She
was
told
to
continue
working
in
front
of
the
camera
because
she
was
young
and
it
was
the
men
who
were
supposed
to
make
the
movies.
But
Pooja
didn't
give
up
and
has
now
produced
about
10
films,
in
which
she
did
not
discriminate
between
her
male
and
female
actors.
Talking
about
pay
parity,
she
added
that
the
female
actors
have
been
paid
more
than
the
male
actors
and
it
was
because
of
the
work.
"This
has
happened
in
films
where
the
female
characters
were
in
pivotal
roles.
The
role
decides.
You
know
what
you
need
to
spend
where.
The
person
who
has
to
give
more
time
to
the
film
and
things
are
riding
on
them,
they
take
the
fatter
pay
cheque!" she
said.
Notably,
apart
from
Bombay
Begums,
Pooja
was
also
seen
in
Mahesh
Bhatt
and
Alia
Bhatt's
Sadak
2
in
a
cameo
appearance.