Women must have more representation in films: Sonam

From "Neerja" to "Padman" through "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga", Sonam Kapoor made unconventional choices in her career and the actress says her goal is to support stories with strong representation female.

While "Neerja" was the story of the hostess of the murdered air, Neerja Bhanot, "Padman" talked about menstrual hygiene and that is his character who helped the protagonist (Akshay Kumar) to manufacture low-cost sanitary napkins. "Veere Di Wedding" revolved around four contemporary Indian women and, with "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga", she became the first actor of the genre to play a homobadual character.

"Women need to have more representation in this film industry Women do not have it Last year, Veere Di Wedding and Raazi performed well on the commercial front There should be more than female representation in terms of the main role, more reflection and content for them.

"There are talented women here in the film industry, who have also achieved celebrity status and everything should be used in the right way," Sonam told PTI.

The actress, who debuted in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Saawariya" films and starred in some romantic cliché dramas, turned more to content-driven projects with "Raanjhanaa" of Aanand L Rai. She then appeared in films such as "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" and "Khoobsurat", among others.

Sonam thinks that the content becomes the hero of the film, there is no "safe" or "unsafe" zone for the actors.

"What's not playing safely? I've made commercial movies and they're not doing well at all. And some of my noncommercial films have it well." I wonder what is safe today? "

"Today, we have films directed by Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal and Rajkummar Rao and they are so successful that no one knows what the public will like or dislike at this stage. There is no formula.The only thing that works is honesty, integrity and a good story, "she added.

"Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga", which was released on February 1, was mentioned for 20 crore and Sonam is pleased with this critical appreciation.

"I think on a commercial level, we're going in the right direction, I would have liked it to be a wider outing, than we've gone out." Only on 1000 screens .With the type of response we get and word of mouth if we had a wider output we would have had better numbers, that was the producer's call.

"This is the film that should reach more people, it has exceeded the expectations of the producer and next time they will have a wider release for a film like this," she said.

She then revealed that the film would be broadcast on a digital platform in order to extend its reach. The 33-year-old actor said the response to the film at a broader level is a tiny step towards acceptance.

"It's too early to celebrate anything because there is still a long way to go, we are constantly stereotyping people in the film industry and it is important not to talk about it and to make sure that the labels are disabled. "

Sonam believes that Indians are liberal and progressive peoples and that cinema should be used appropriately to raise public awareness.

"We need some representation of certain things through art, cinema, I want to be part of such films.I want to be responsible in the choices I make, if you don? You are not responsible, you are not an artist Art is a means by which you can get people to change their way of thinking, "she added.