10 Times Women In Bollywood Countered Media's Sexism| The Quint

From being asked intrusive and personal questions to being objectified and trivialised, female Bollywood actors have faced it all. But, here are 10 times when Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone etc put their foot down and gave it back to the media.
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[@PARINEETA]

Chopra sisters are so damn confident and on point of what they say.

[@gampa_10_31]

If you see whole video, you will change your opinion, she didn't even understand what reporter asked her

[@PARINEETA]

@@gampa_10_31 see, there are ways to perceive things. In my opinion i feel she is confident and that's what matters

[@gampa_10_31]

@@PARINEETA then receive things in a correct way☺️☺️☺️

[@jadagijane2677]

She is confidently wrong

[@ASH-bb4sg]

yes they are confident ,most of her reply was coming out of anger or going off topic instead of answering the question. he simply asked about male abuse and she brought it to eve teasing which is stupid bcz that's not what he was talking about , she is sexist one here. that was the main question , where is the equality .. he asked when a women slaps a man in front of others why don't u stand up for them. and she just assumed that he must be eve teasing that girl ...... that was the question and she answered it clearly how sexist she is that's why she doesn't support men. and he got his answer .

[@samratsamanta8350]

I like the way vidya says that "ap agar apna nazaria badal loge to achha rahega" she just nailed it

[@_K73595]

There's a reason why he asked that question, almost every actresses in male centric films looks a certain way, they all have a certain type of body, so isn't it obvious if he thinks that fat women wouldn't be casted as heroines in male centric movies.

[@7000Leafs.]

@@_K73595 change your name, because a ' strong and independent ' person will never ask that.

[@_K73595]

@@7000Leafs. a logically thinking wise person would never get triggered by that question.

[@ibnebatuta4868]

​@@_K73595blud, you are dumb to think that after saying something this illogical, someone won't behave furiously to you We are talking about female centric movies here not the typical, physics Ka achar bananay wali male centric movies

[@_K73595]

That's weird

[@leenakadam864]

Katrina was just savage Man!

[@_K73595]

Katrina was the first lady who sharukh ever kissed in a movie. So Katrina is definitely the lucky one. She's so lucky that she got to kiss many hot hunks especially Sidharth malhotra. You can't give one logical reason to deny this.

[@jafersadic8207]

​@@_K73595 it Can be go another way that Sharukh was eagerly waiting to kiss Katrina cuz he can't able handle her beauty and hotness... I think he's been waiting his whole life for that.. When he saw kat he kissed her in movies

[@_K73595]

@@jafersadic8207 I think SRK was like "kya maal h yrr" when he saw Sheila ki jawani

[@abadasultana2914]

Sorry but kitna gandi think hai woh logo ki 😢

[@severusfinn-gd5jv]

to understand Katrina's wit there has to be some active brain cells which is already blinded by idiotic egoist satisfaction! The question was wrong and the answer was tight slap in return.

[@AryanSharma-kt8xw]

That reporter who asked Deepika about Ranveer financing HER produced movie. What did he think? That she didn't have money of her own, Deepika was already the highest paid actress by the time Ranveer came into her life. She just married a man who loves her and the only Diamond he gifts her is: Love and support.

[@homegirl7968]

katrina killed it(so did every women!)

[@_K73595]

I still don't understand how he got to be the lucky one as she said. Give me one logical reason.

[@7000Leafs.]

@@_K73595 Lol troll identified. I'm pretty darn sure you're a man pretending to be a woman.

[@_K73595]

​@@7000Leafs. Well I identify as a woman, my pronouns are strong/empowered. How dare you assume my gender 😂😂😂

[@shivani__v]

​​​​@@_K73595 she just replied to the reporter in his language. It wasn't in the question who is lucky and who isn't. It was a stupid question to ask. The reporter could have asked anything but chose to display his small brain. Big male actors never get such questions from the media then why should women be subjected to answer these nonsense questions and you as a "WOMAN" should have understood this in the first place.

[@_K73595]

@@shivani__v Katrina is not as big as SRK. The wage gap exists bcuz SRK has more fans than Katrina. The number of fans an actor have will decide his/her market value. For an actress like Katrina to kiss SRK is a privilege.

[@shantanunish955]

The pickle / Achaar thing I didn't even understand what he meant to say and also that weight loss question to Vidya what's the correlation between her losing weight and doing mainstream movies ?

[@mayankramchandani1640]

True, but what's the relation with Sindhi? I am a Sindhi, and I didn't get her reference

[@sakalaguddin9299]

achaar basically is taken in small quantities and just to make the main dish more interesting.....similarly female actresses are offered small but glamorous roles just to simp for the main lead and make him look attractive to the audience ....that is the correlation ig

[@Trollika_Devi]

He was saying that heroines were reduced to insignificant characters. That's what he meant by achar. He wasn't being sexist. He was asking her to comment ON the sexism in the industry. She reacted without paying attention

[@shantanunish955]

@@Trollika_Devi ohhh I didn't even understand what he meant 😂

[@Trollika_Devi]

@@shantanunish955 The weight loss thing was ridiculous though. That guy seems to believe women centric roles can't be 'glamorous' or that plump women can't be glamorous enough. But to be fair I think it was a language problem. I think he meant to ask her if she'd cave in to the pressure to look like a stereotypical heroine in a mainstream film. Shayad mainstream word use yaad nahi aaya.

[@kriti297]

The reporter who asked Rani Mukherjee the achaar question was although asking about the sexism in industry but at the same time used objectification in his own question . Similarly the one asking about 'hit and steamy' . They should have framed it in a better way . The one asking Sunny Leone that question is disgusting. I mean the audacity !!! 🤷🏻‍♀️ All the ladies showed great patience while dealing with this situation .

[@aka9629]

Priyanka, Katrina , Deepika killing it .ND all the other women in this video. Just amazing 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@PokhrajRoy.]

All the actresses featured are fabulous! We love the spicy takes 🔥

[@ziahussnain.3328]

You join the Ichaar league . Btw there is a head on top of woman too, where there is no scientific proof of a man's head being better or worse than a woman's head . So in 2022 and get out of regressive mindset.

[@deepali6062]

Welp

[@rashidbinzaiyed7149]

S i m p!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@rashidbinzaiyed7149 Has a better ring to it than incel

[@rashidbinzaiyed7149]

@@PokhrajRoy. If I'm an incel, then you're a simp. At least I'm alone by choice because I refuse to compromise my standards. You're alone because you're desperate and will do anything for attention from women. So who's the real loser here?

[@amishasingh6227]

Kisne bola mai lucky hu vo lucky hai♥️🤣katrina just killed it and PC is the best ♥️♥️her speeches are the best ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@dotdotdot...176]

Props to these successful women in the limelight who have to deal with absurd questions and/or close-minded attitudes, and respond with witty comebacks yet stay professional. I could not maintain such composure when asked such ridiculous questions just because they are women, or be called "lucky" instead of hard-working the way males in the same career are seen.

[@Badrinath45707]

Most of the questions were pretty normal and they were over reacting except sunny leone. Men won't over react if they were asked these questions.

[@sangeethasumamg]

​@@Badrinath45707:becz men were never asked those questions and they were never a target in such a patriarchal society!! Go outside and grow up from narrow mindedness

[@Badrinath45707]

@@sangeethasumamg you can ask me or any man similar questions and you'll see the difference by yourself.

[@softie07]

​@Let_go55 yeah a man can react but women can only overreact go off

[@Badrinath45707]

@@softie07 now you're over reacting I bet you're not a man.

[@shaebakhan1505]

Katrina is so damn mature to the point n little to say bt impactful n respectful

[@baqirhusain5652]

the questions make me puke..cant imagine how they felt

[@amishasingh6227]

Yh mere khudke pese hai meri mehnat hai was best dialogue by deepika ♥️♥️♥️

[@aka9629]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@Trollika_Devi]

The guy who asked Rani that achar question was not being sexist..he was commenting ON sexism in films and heroines being reduced to wallflowers.

[@yeeehawww]

He could have framed his question better. Even he didn't mean it that way, he still objectified women which obv isn't right.

[@Trollika_Devi]

@@yeeehawww He didn't objectify women. He was talking about the objectification of women in films. The achar analogy was actually perfect because that's how women were treated in films that were male centric. The heroine was just there to spice things up ,not as an integral part of the story or an integral part of the heros life but just the 'love interest' who entertained him by singing dancing and looking pretty. I love Rani but here she handled it tactlessly by reacting before understanding what he meant.

[@anayah8]

I agree , And he was appreciating her

[@namjoons_lost_handshakes5459]

True. I thought I heard the question wrong when she reacted that way.

[@mishitathapar9111]

Regardless of his intention, he was belittling the work that went into the actress' jobs. People have been arguing for better, less stereotypical, and more impactful roles for women for a long time now. He compared actresses in old movies to achaar like they had no importance at all, which was not always true. Plus, by comparing the role to achaar, he was basically insulting the profession and hard work of actresses who work in those films with those scripts. That's like saying a comedy role that is not related to the main plot of the film is papad. The role still exists, the actor still worked hard to bring the role to life, and the actor was paid for the work they did in the film. It may not have been the best role out there, but it was still something that audiences enjoyed. It is the job of actors to entertain audiences as much as it is to raise discussions on social norms and issues, and to compare a role or trope to achaar, especially when it is one of the only tropes where women have had any visibility int he past, is just plain disrespectful.

[@manasibaindur3880]

I'm so hurt to see them going through all of this. Please universe let them receive more love and let them all shine more. Please let them find more joy and peace in their life.❤

[@Ari_diwan]

👏🏻

[@maryamabeer8299]

R Kitna love receive kry gi ye sari itna love to mil gya ha inko ab to mot Ani Baki ha bas Baki sab to mil gya inko 😂

[@vivektammana8845]

Wish the same for your family members or neighbours who actually know you exist! 😂 Every person goes through troubles in their lives, so stop celebrity worship.

[@bhrithitravelholic71]

What PC said is absolutely love!

[@krishnakumarnamdeo4097]

Lol what is the relation between women centric movies and weight loss broo???🤣🤣 that's why celebs get trigger because of these cheap media plus chopra sisters killed it loved the way they answered 👏 👏👏

[@iqrakdar897]

KATRINA MY QUEEN HER RESPONSE WAS THE BEST 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@futuredoc4259]

Every female actresses were Killin it... I personally loved Radhika Apte and PC alongwith Vidya 😍♥️

[@drishtiprabha9747]

“Kisne bola Main lucky hu? Wo lucky hai” queen’s answer

[@irfanahmed6871]

Love Katrina for saying that SRK is the lucky one! Good for her !

[@meenakshimanoj6336]

The sad part is that all these sexist comments were made to women.

[@sampadabhatnagar]

Katrina was so fireeee!!! You go girl!!

[@amishasingh6227]

Vidya always kill it women centric or weight loss ka kya taluq always love you queen ♥️♥️

[@nildey4261]

Radhika and Rani are always savage

[@singhmilandip]

Katrina knows it very well, what to say and how much to say. And which question deserves how much of reaction. She is always right.

[@kageyama4510]

Parineeti spoke facts

[@shaktimaan2217]

Katrina kaif in end ..... Woo lucky hai ...🤣🤣 epic

[@sakhipradhanani5842]

To be in women centric film you need to be “slim”,”fair skin tone “ , “famous surname” male lead who is probably your fathers age and talent ehhh that’s okay !!!!

[@Sk-ho5bv]

Yeah..Like Disha Patani opposite Salman Khan was absurd..!

[@Rahul-vl6bu]

Women centric films fails to make 5 crore 😂😂even women don't watch women centric films...you can't make film just to center someone it needs to be entertaining...

[@saumyaporwal3961]

@@Rahul-vl6bu who said women don't watch ?

[@Rahul-vl6bu]

@@saumyaporwal3961 they don't that's why they flop🤣🤣

[@sakhipradhanani5842]

@@saumyaporwal3961 please ignore entertaining people like roniee. Men like him probably get no attention in real life thus purposely give out such one sided statement. Guess what they so desperate won’t even post their own opinion they need to show or force those opinion on our comments where nobody even asked for them 😹😹😹😹😹

[@karthikanair5162]

Katrina, Deepika, Vidya, Radhika, and Parineeti. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@shreyakumari503]

Woman go through all this and much more...and then some stupid sigma,alpha nd God knows what all kinds of men ask us why do women play the victim card...wake up to reality! Women don't like playing the victim card,but this society certainly has made us victims of all kinds of nuisance

[@nirajthakor9748]

Can u please tell me what that reporter asked Deepika??

[@Zeozero]

​@@nirajthakor9748He asked whether Ranveer's money was spent on the movie

[@promitapal9609]

The questions.....🙄🙄 that's why once journalism called a braveheart occupation, talented people's job but now either they are purchased by someone /some group or they are dumb AF no respect (very very rare good journalists exist nowadays, very few)

[@pandagurl211]

Achar one was like hieght of this shit 🥱

[@nrc5290]

No, he was asking about sexism in the industry to her pointing it out they treat them like a pickle

[@lilabatipalit1999]

Katrina 's was fire

[@zubairsadiq5565]

Vidya's response was so mature and one hit k.o.....

[@pushparawat5255]

Katrina was absolutely right

[@simran5452]

i cannot believe what that reporter actually asked to sunny

[@Letsliveit.....862]

Vidya balan 's reply.... Epic👍👍

[@kimayaashetty6grollno.877]

Katrinas "kisna bola mein lucky hun, woh lucky hai" was absolute FIRE 🔥

[@PKL2006]

Even Indian actresses aren't excemt from this patriarchal thinking imagine what an average Indian woman goes through! And then people say feminism ki kya zaaroorat hai!

[@kalpanaruhela]

The audacity of these people to ask just anything. Shameful.

[@athulrajr9121]

What did the lady Journalist asked to Deepika and Arjun ?

[@varsha5250]

it was about the post deepika made on twitter asking times of india . because TOI posted a picture you can say angled in a way that you could see little bit of her clevage in a very you know sensational controversial kind of way to which deepika in her twitter post asked that such prestigious page did something like that . and the reporter here was saying that deepika made a huge scene and should not have asked that question to TOI

[@Arete54]

I didnt understand what that reporter said to deepika when deepika asked for camera to pan. Could anyone listen?

[@merapyarabharat1385]

PC ❤️❤️❤️ is lit

[@dotdotdot...176]

Deepika saying it was her money and her hard work 😎

[@PKL2006]

These actresses nailed it!! So proud of these women for standing up against this garbage and these fools!

[@brightspark7298]

Priyanka (take a bow lady) Parineeti Katrina Damn!!!!! 🙌🏼

[@kr3833]

Amazinggg🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ridsybitsy05]

katrina just won my heart for the nth time with that sentence istg😩🤌

[@adoringariana]

Kat's one was 🔥🔥

[@mahimaaa_666]

I think on that question Rani could do better .. but they all did amazing mostly priyanka ❤️

[@sejaldhongadi7072]

Deepika ❤️❤️

[@samiran83]

What an answer radhika!.... Great

[@socialboost21]

A big round of applause 🎉👏

[@dhanshree7623]

Katrina was fantastic

[@leahhhh7981]

The reporter who asked sunny such a question shld be ashamed...like really it was such a silly and stupid question to ask someone

[@manisha551991]

The license of such idiots illiterate so called journalist should be taken and ban them.itne ghatiya questions chi

[@pritimallick333]

Katrina is awesome 👌

[@citrange077]

Love each one of these awesome women. Respect!

[@alokmittar1034]

0:52 best reply

[@Ramiz422]

When she said "meri mehnat ka Paisa hai" she just f Ed the reporter out of him.

[@irisdiaz9933]

What was asked to deepika by that lady ?! can someone plz share as it wasn't audible clearly

[@shantanunish955]

I think during promotions for Chennai express she was wearing a chudidaar and some disgusting photographer took a picture frm a height, it was a top view, such that her cleavage was visible, coz she's a woman and ofc she has a cleavage 😂, and then TIMES OF INDIA, ran this story on their page as a sensational news item....I think the reporter in this video asked her something along the lines of what is the big deal with that picture and isn't Deepika making too much fuss abt it almost saying that it was her fault that this picture was taken....as usual the woman is at fault 🤦

[@irisdiaz9933]

@@shantanunish955 okeyy thanks for the explanation 💜💜

[@shreshthasinha285]

@@shantanunish955 yes she told deepika that Deepika shouldn't have reposted her video TOI posted on twitter. That move by Deepika was so unnecessary. *Edit:* since you guys don't read previous and other replies I think editing is the only option. Whatever I've written here is NOT what I THINK. It's what the reporter SAID in the VIDEO!

[@nidhi2693]

@@shreshthasinha285 how was that unnecessary?? she's pointing out the stupidity of the whole ordeal and how disrespectful it was and you think it's wrong of her to speak up? a woman can't get mad at someone for posting her cleavage on their page and hence she's wrong. thank you for the flawed logic i see where it comes from.

[@bhoomikaa369]

@@shreshthasinha285 what do you mean unnecessary!?? When national media is showcasing such disgusting behavior you expect her to just keep quiet Wow! I am just speechless

[@yashikalanjewar6857]

great video

[@kusumsrecipe2214]

Kat killed it

[@KeepCalmandLoveClassics]

Magnificent Katrina 🙏🏻

[@rutikajoshi9283]

3:33 can someone tell me what did the interviewer say to Deepika... I honestly couldn't figure out

[@suryakantsharma3114]

Are bohot pehle ki controversy thi jahan ek media person ne iss angle se deepika ki video nikali the ke uska poora cleavage dikh raha h ....aur baad mein usko apne channel pe uski photos aur videos post kardi ..... Deepika ne jab wo photos aur videos dekhe to use bohot gussa aaya aur usne uss channel or media group ke khilaaf ek article likha tha objectification ke khilaaf ... To yahan pe ek female reporter us se kehti h ke aapka reaction uss matter pe thoda over-exaggerated laga mujhe ...to dipika ko gussa aaya us reporter pe

[@san..7274]

Priyanka 💕❤️🔥

[@vikashsharma353]

The guy who asked sunny was really cheap just like his question. I mean even though I don't like sunny much because of her choice to get in porn industry,but I will not disrespect her in public or anywhere. It's disgusting to watch him😢

[@potatochan8540]

Preach 🙌

[@mamatham8626]

Hindi journalists are horrible... Especially entertainment journalists

[@malvikamech7851]

Sunny 🔥🔥

[@MyName123.]

RESPECT to each woman for her every fight against India's abusive patriarchy ✊🏻🏆

[@kashvisrinivas5778]

I love priyanka chopra

[@gv3870]

Love it

[@Zoya_K]

" Woh Lucky Hai" Dayum!!!!!

[@rubydoobydoo]

The way Katrina answers without getting angry 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@cloudburstt]

You know, as remarkable as the responses of these ladies are, the job of a a paparazzi is to upset them because that is what gets their channel more views. Ugh.

[@imacarguy4065]

Was about to rip India's media for possibly being biased towards Sunny and calling valid criticism towards her past, sexism, but then I saw the part and realized that she was in the right and that was a f*cked question. A lot of men in that region think they're entitled to women that they perceive as promiscuous. Funnily enough, Sunny has done mainly monogamous stuff when she was doing adult content. She has probably been with less men in her life than a lot of women who criticize her for her past work. The hypocrisy starts when Indian women sell this idea that Indian men would not be criticized for doing adult content like women are, which is blatantly false. Especially in India.

[@rwitughosh3924]

Yaar in logon ko reporters kisne banaya 😅😅😅

[@abdulrahmankhan667]

The way Rani didn't leave this guy hahahahhaa achaar it seems.

[@monkeydluffy_19]

Koi bhi female celebrity jo ki chote kapre phanti ho uske insta post ke comment section me Jake dheko tab pata chalega India me ky problem h Log sirf uper se dhikava karte h or ek dusre se jalte h ..mene esa kisi or country me nahi dheka Indians logo me jalan ki bhawna Puri tarah Ghar kar chuki h or log sirf dusro ki kamia niklte rahete h Kisi ko real ground reality India ki dhekni h tho diff diff comments sections me Jake observe Karo or dusro country se compare karo tab pata chalega desh kis disha me ja raha h

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

lol

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

i do not use insta, facebook, twitter, so i do not know about those people

[@aravindsivakumar8852]

How come all reporters are assholes?

[@angryhulk4820]

Katrina's attitude 🎉🎉😊

[@abcdef1709]

They do sexism in movies And talking against it what hypocrisy

[@monkeydluffy_19]

Bro bhar ki countries me Bollywood se bhi jada hota h lakin vaha tho ese sawal nahi puchte Kyuki vaha ke logo me jalan ki bhawna nahi h!!

[@krisjayb6956]

Questions are unanswerable

[@PKL2006]

Radhika Apte's answer! Respect Shut the mouth of that fool

[@sudeshnabanerjee860]

Vidya Balan Queen

[@dhakkeel]

The final comment was 🔥 😇

[@nzndana]

Radhika Apte 🤌🏽

[@PKL2006]

genuine

[@pagalpanthiinbihar4196]

They practice something else and preach something else

[@sanjoyghosh7528]

one shout out for katrina yaaa babe

[@user-bq7ir6pi1r]

Truth is very bitter

[@Zeozero]

So is your life

[@shazzusimaath389]

The last question was wayy ridiculous....imagine an artist works so hard for the promotions of the movie and u get this as a question???

[@climbingtogether]

Katrina is lucky cuz she's getting kiss from Shahrukh Khan 🤣 How foolish this question is 🤬

[@kamalkansal134]

What was the question..that deepika was asked..?

[@rimoon8593]

Katrina is the queen man duh

[@rupeshjain2950]

The aachar thing was not sexist he was asking to comment on sexism that prevails in industry that was wrong on rani’s part

[@ishitaroy8366]

Priyanka I bow u goddess✨

[@RajeshGupta-sm1kh]

and yahi women un films and roles को accept करती है, जिसमें women को objectify, sexiest दिखाया जाता है, and लोग बोल दे तो उनका नजरिया गलत है, मान लिया की उनका नजरिया गलत है, but आपकी तो नियत ही खराब है।