"Female-Led Projects Is An Annoying Term, I Hate It," Says Bhumi Pednekar

Bhumi Pednekar has been a part of many female-led movies, but do you know she hates this term? Yes, you read it right. Bhumi hates the term ‘female-led projects’ that is used to label content that is headlined by women actors in our country because no one uses the term 'men-led projects’ to describe otherwise.

Bhumi says, "There is a misconception that people are not immediately drawn to watch films or content headlined by women. Such projects are immediately bracketed as ‘female-led projects’. This is an annoying term, and I hate it from the gut. Gender doesn’t define people’s watching preferences. The audience wants to see good cinema with good content. They aren’t choosing to watch it based on gender. It’s ridiculous."

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Bhumi Pednekar adds, "If that were the case, I wouldn’t have survived, and I have built a career out of essaying remarkably strong women on screen! I got lucky because I started working at a time that coincided with how female characters were being written for cinema. There were author-backed roles written for me. I was fortunate that directors liked my performances and chose me to headline some of these incredibly beautiful projects that showed women as agents of change."