Manushi Chhillar Slams ‘Misogynistic Mindset’ Labeling Women in Film Industry as Gold Diggers

Manushi Chillar remarked on the attitudes towards women in the entertainment industry, saying that they are often ‘talked about in such a disrespectful and contemptuous way’. Taking to her X account on Saturday, Manushi called out the misogynistic views that exist in the industry. Without naming anyone in the industry or detailing an incident, Manushi stated that she sees disrepectful comments were made on woman in the entertainment industry.

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Without mentioning anyone in the industry, or a particular incident either, Manushi began in her X post, “A misogynistic mindset finds it easier to attribute a woman’s success to a man’s patronage than her own merit. I’ve always really ignored silly comments which have no consequence in the real world, but I constantly see working women, specially in the entertainment industry being discussed with such disrespect and contempt.”

‘Is there a deep rooted bias?’

She went on to add, "I grew up in an empowered, educated environment where irrespective of gender, we all had equal value to add. But I have also been exposed to this mentality of “men are hardworking and talented if successful, whereas women and opportunists, gold diggers or manipulators” Is it as simple as “if you hear something bad about a woman, it’s from a female who can’t be her or a male who can’t have her”. Or is there a deep rooted bias?

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Manushi won Miss World in 2017 and made her Bollywood debut with Samrat Prithviraj, a historical drama opposite Akshay Kumar. The film was a box office failure and received reviews that were less than favorable. Following this debacle, she went on to do projects such as The Great Indian Family opposite Vicky Kaushal, and Operation Valentine. She was last seen in Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, which also starred Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff and Alaya F, which also turned out to be a box office failure. In her next film Tehran, she will star opposite John Abraham.

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