Ratna Pathak Shah on lack of good roles offered to Waheeda Rehman: “All they want to do is give her a little award and stick her in one corner” : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

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Ratna Pathak Shah on lack of good roles offered to Waheeda Rehman: “All they want to do is give her a little award and stick her in one corner” : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

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October 12, 2023

Ratna Pathak Shah on lack of good roles offered to Waheeda Rehman: “All they want to do is give her a little award and stick her in one corner” : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

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Veteran actress Ratna Pathak Shah, who is promoting her upcoming film Dhak Dhak, recently spoke about the lack of senior female actors in the film industry and how it made her feel that this career had a shelf life. In a conversation recently, she talked about how they felicitated someone as senior as Waheeda Rehman with a prestigious award but she doesn’t get the offers she deserves.

Ratna Pathak Shah on lack of good roles offered to Waheeda Rehman: “All they want to do is give her a little award and stick her in one corner”

Waheeda Rehman, who was last seen in The Song of Scorpion, was recently felicitated with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. In a conversation with Film Companion, Ratna Pathak Shah said, “When I see a Meryl Streep and a Helen Mirren, I feel if they can do it, so can I. And I’m sorry that a Waheeda Rehman in our country doesn’t get the parts that she deserves. What a fabulous woman, and what a fabulous actress she is! All they want to do is give her a little award and stick her in one corner. Really? Give her a good role for Christ’s sake. Keep the award.”

Ratna Pathak added, “All of us have had to come to terms with the way we look. And the fact that your body is changing. And if I don’t want to fiddle with it too much, I need to accept what I am. The most revealing thing to me, as stupid as it seems considering who my mother was (Dina Pathak), that I thought acting has a shelf life, as a woman. That I’ll act until I’m pretty, and then I’ll do something else. I can’t imagine I thought like that, but I did.”

Meanwhile, Dhak Dhak releases in cinemas on Friday, October 13.