Vidya Balan claims that misogyny is to blame for Alia Bhatt not receiving the same acclaim as most male actors would after delivering an outstanding film. She wonders why only director Sanjay Leela Bhansali earned all the credit for Gangubai Kathiawadi’s success.
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Earlier this year, the period drama was released, and since then, it has become a commercial and critical hit.
Vidya appeared in a roundtable interview hosted by Film Companion and asked the question,
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“How come Gangubai did well? If a woman’s film does well, it’s the director’s credit, which is ridiculous.”
In the same interview, she added,
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“We worked so hard as women to have a certain standing today, where we’re headlining films. More and more actresses are doing that. I love how post-pandemic because the men’s films aren’t working, they suddenly turn around and say that the women’s films aren’t going to work all the more. How ridiculous! I really want to say, ‘What about Gangubai?’ It did more than most male-driven films.”
Vidya has discussed the industry’s changing attitude toward films directed by women before.
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An earlier interview she gave to Film Companion included her saying,
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“The pandemic has become an easy excuse for people to say that now female-led films will not work in the theatres because basically, our industry is going through some flux where a lot of our films are bombing, terribly. And they are your so-called male hero-led films. But who takes the beating is the female-led films.”
The year that began with Alia’s Gangubai started has been one of her most successful to date.
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She went on to star in Darlings and Brahmastra after appearing in RRR as a supporting actress. While pregnant with her first child, she made her Hollywood film debut with Heart of Stone.
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