Aamir Khan says anarchist films are pushing society ‘back a decade’: ‘People support patriarchy, we have to face it’ | Bollywood news

Aamir Khan, who is in one An international campaign to promote his film Lapata Ladies for the Oscars, Just opened up about the ‘anarchist’ that appears on a large scale Mainstream Hindi cinema And said films like this “set society back a decade”. He said he was “sad” to see such films being celebrated and said patriarchy was something “we have to deal with”.

In a conversation with BBC Asia Network, Aamir was asked how his films look at men as opposed to other mainstream films that almost celebrate anarchy and how he felt about it. “Not good. It sets us back a decade. That’s sad. I wish we didn’t see that, but that’s part of life. The fact is that everyone has their own opinion. People have different opinions. Many people support the patriarchy very strongly. , and some covertly support it. That’s something we have to deal with,” he said.

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Aamir then talked about the women in his life and said that he doesn’t feel threatened because he is surrounded by strong women. “Personally I grew up with really strong women around me. My mother, my grandmother, my aunt, my sisters, both my wives,” Amir said, then quickly corrected himself, “Ex-wives”.

He added, “Maybe that’s why I don’t feel threatened as a man. Because I see it as a positive thing. A woman who is strong is really positive and only she can help me. For me, my upbringing has actually been very good.

Talking about his choice, Aamir said that he did not choose a film based on social issues but was attracted to a film that spoke something relevant. I think that I have made many films with social problems, but I don’t mean that I take scripts of films with social problems. I’m not going to go into that. I strongly feel that as a creative person, my fundamental and primary responsibility is to entertain. “When I read scripts, I naturally gravitate towards scripts that carry something important,” he said.

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