Janhvi Kapoor and Radhika Apte: Can Actresses Say No

Recent issue that came out right what happened with ஜான்வி கபூர் in film பேத்தி she comes from அவ்வளவு ஒரு influential family வந்து இருக்காங்க.

ஒரு பிரபலமான நடிகை ஓட பொண்ணு. ஒரு powerful family இருந்து வந்திருக்காங்க.

But still she couldn't say no to that role that she did.

Recently ஒரு interview கூட she said that she felt violated.

Another incident recently ராதிகா ஆப்தே also in another interview said that ஒரு படத்துல வந்து தெலுங்கு படத்துல she was made to romance with an elderly female elderly male lead.

So my point here is இவ்ளோ even in twenty twenty six are women characters women actors somewhere not able to say no to a director is that what it is even now have you been through that experience?

It's very interesting that இந்த மாதிரி அவங்க வெளியில வந்து பேசுறாங்க.

But I feel like at the end of the day for any actor அது உங்க கையில இருக்கு.

நீங்க uncomfortable feel பண்றீங்கன்னா please walk out of the film.

I don't think we should be put in a place where we say we didn't have a choice and this is not against it's not against man or woman.

இது இது நான் நான் ஒரு outsider ஒரு third person not wanting to take sides மாதிரி நான் சொல்லிட்டு இருக்கேன்.

Because as a woman it's very easy for me to take a side and of course I will take the side of a woman right.

But I don't think any of us today especially நீங்க நீங்க குடுக்குற நீங்க குடுத்த examples அவங்க பேர் எடுத்தீங்கள்ள ஜான்வி and ராதிகான்னு.

I don't think either of them are in a place where they should feel like- Exactly that's the problem. நான் ஒரு முடிவு எடுக்க முடியலை.

No you can walk out of the film. Especially being who you are and you know நீங்க ஜான்வின்னு சொன்னீங்க. அவங்க எங்க இருந்து வராங்க.

அவங்க it's interesting that அவங்க அந்த scenes பண்ணிட்டு நானும் ஏதோ படிச்சேன் actually அவங்க இந்த மாதிரி எனக்கு script குடுக்கலை.

Southல in fact it's a very valid point. அவங்க சொன்னது ரொம்ப valid ஆன point அது.

நிறைய வாட்டி Southல படம் பண்ணும்போது scenes not for all films.

நான் பண்ண filmsலயும் சொல்றேன். சில படங்கள் தெலுங்குலயும் சரி தமிழ்லயும் சரி என் experienceல இருந்து சில scenes உங்களுக்கு காலையில ஆறு மணி தான் வரும்.

இது தான் scene. But பொதுவாக you know the story you know the character you know everything.

You walk into a film pretty much understanding the world of the film.

Not that you don't. அன்னைக்கு என்ன scene அன்னைக்கு என்ன பண்ணப்போறோம்னா maybe அந்த minute details உங்களுக்கு தெரியாது சில படத்துக்கு.

சில பட படத்துக்கு you will get the entire scene scenes உங்களுக்கு என்ன scenes இருக்கு எல்லாமே கிடைக்கும் உங்களுக்கு script wise எல்லாமே hard bound copy வரும்.

Bombayல it's very different. அது ரொம்ப அங்க அங்க ரொம்ப organized இருப்பாங்க அவங்க.

You know they will have your call sheet they will have everything you will know.

அந்த call sheet தினம் ஒரு call sheet வரும்.

உங்க managerக்கு உங்களுக்கு அனுப்புவாங்க.

அதுல இருந்து sunrise sunset what is the shoot timing DOP யாரு technicians technicians யாரு அவங்க ADs ஓட பேரு அவங்க ADs ஓட numbers அன்னைக்கு யார் யார் artists வரணும் என்னென்ன scene numbers இருக்கும் till the end எல்லாமே it will all be given in one sheet.

So யார் அந்த sheet பார்த்தாங்கன்னா அவங்களுக்கு தெரியும் என்ன நடக்குது அங்க.

Okay that's how organized they are over there.

But இங்க அவ்வளவு organized இல்லை. But I don't think as women we should be able to take a stand.

I feel like அந்த same stand ஜான்வி எடுத்திருக்காங்கன்னா அதை படத்துக்கு முன்னாடியே எடுத்திருக்கலாம்.

There is no reason for which- But she couldn't say no.

Why not is my question. Yeah but she says in that interview she mentioned that why she couldn't say no director பேச்சைக் கேக்கணும் அந்த கட்டாயத்துனால என்னால no சொல்ல முடியல.

That's what I thought was very questionable. Yeah it's very interesting.

I'm not I'm sorry நான் அந்த interview பார்த்தது இல்ல.

Coffee with Karan. ஓகே நான் பார்க்கவே இல்ல என்ன அது.

But நான் சில memes மாதிரி ஏதோ பார்த்தேன்.

ஒரு அதுக்கு இந்த they will take out snippets and போடுவாங்கல்ல.

அது மட்டும் நான் படிச்சிட்டேன். But at the end of the day I don't think yes and I'm glad அவங்க இதைப் பத்தி பேசிட்டு இருக்காங்க.

But the problem over there is which I really have a big issue with when a North Indian actor talks about South Indian cinema like that I have a big problem with it.

I have a big problem with it because you cannot do that you are making a North South divide without you even realizing it and that's absolutely wrong.

There are different ways of handling this and there are different ways of talking about it.

But there's already ஒரு North South divide and I'm saying this as a South Indian actor going there.

ஜான்வி கபூர் has spoken on a Karan Johar show saying அவங்க என்னை objectify பண்ணியிருக்காங்க. எனக்கு వాయిஸ் இல்ல சொல்றதுக்கு chance இல்ல சொல்றதுக்கு நான் no சொல்ல முடியல.

The same Karan Johar in a Dharma Productions movie that I have done called Kesari 2 has decided not to promote me in the film.

Now what am I supposed to call that? Objectifying what? That I'm a South Indian?

Were you given a reason for that? No. Till date I do not even know why.

ஏன் என் பேர் போடல. ஒரு பாட்டு போட்டாங்க.

Instagramல ஒரு பாட்டு release பண்ணாங்க அந்த படத்துல இருந்து.

நான் மட்டும் இருக்கேன் அந்த பாட்டுல like from start to end நான் இருக்கேன் அந்த பாட்டுல.

ஆனா ஒரு tagஉம் இல்ல அங்க.

So what are you trying to say?

So who are you standing up for? It is very strange.

Till today Dharma Productions has not அவங்க எதுவுமே வந்து சொல்லவே இல்ல என்கிட்ட.

I don't like talking about these things and making a big deal about it.

But because today you are talking about it and you are bringing up names that sort of create a very bad this thing for me.

நான் அதைப் பத்தி பேசிட்டு இருக்கேன் உங்ககிட்ட.

Right. But these are not things I like to bring about.

But that, that's the problem. Yeah, no, of course.

So when a Radhika Apte and, um, Janhvi Kapoor, who happen to be doing a lot of Bollywood, come and talk about these things, I understand.

But they're not the only women who acted with older men, first of all.

Balakrishna, who, uh, who has been doing so many films. Mm.

Whether you don't like a film, you have, you have every right to go say, "I don't want to do it," and walk out of the film. Right.

Create news about walking out of the film. Mm.

That would be better for you to do than to sit and talk about it, and I understand.

Maybe you were pushed in a place where you couldn't do it. Mm.

I totally get it. But you're not being raped. I'm sorry.

You're not being put in a position where you're totally this thing.

You... There are... Today, there are legal ways of handling things. Mm.

Yes, please come about and talk about it and this thing, but do not make the North-South divide. Right.

It's very, very bad for the industry. And for South Indian actors like me, it's even worse because I already have a stigma when I go to the North. Mm.

I'm not given that much importance because I'm a so-called South Indian actress.

But my Hindi is way better than my Tamil also, most likely. Mm-hmm.

You know, I've learned Hindi in school and college. Right.

And I pretty much know that I can act- Mm ... to save my life. Mm.

So, in the body issues, there's a way to handle it, and there's a place to have these conversations.

I understand that Janhvi Kapoor is probably sitting in a comfort, in a, in a comfort zone today and is able to bring out these conversations, and that's what we want to create for women today.

A comfortable space where Tamil Nadu about it.

But who's going to ask me about Dharma Productions not, uh, promoting me through the film at all? Yeah, that's very strange.

Yeah, we pay for that. Yeah, if they've casted you in that cinema, you want- And I play Akshay Kumar's wife in the film. Yeah, yeah.

And a pretty prominent role. Mm. And there's not been one promotion done with me.

There's not been one name of mine anywhere during promotion.

But is that because you're a South Indian actress? Did they tell you that?

I have zero idea and zero clue. Right. I can sit here and say, "This is probably why, and that is probably why."

I'll never know, and I honestly don't care anymore.

And I'm just having this conversation because I don't like that North-South divide more than anything else.