Mumbai: Bollywood veteran actress Asha Parekh is away from films these days. Although he is often spotted as a guest in events or reality shows. Recently Asha Parekh attended the ongoing 53rd International Film Festival of India in Goa. During this he talked about the film industry and society culture. Asha Parekh said that she feels sad that in today’s time women are leaving their traditional clothes and choosing western outfits in weddings.
Asha Parekh said- ‘Everything is changed. The films that are being made now… I don’t know. We have become very westernised. Girls are coming to the wedding wearing gowns. Hey brother, our ghagra choli, sarees and salwar kameez are yours, don’t you wear them. Why don’t you wear them?’
Continuing her talk, Asha Parekh said‘She just sees heroines on screen and wants to copy them. Looking at the screen, we think that we will also wear the kind of clothes that they are wearing. Fat or whatever, we will wear the same. All this is becoming western. I feel sad We have great culture, dance, music. ,
A few days ago veteran actress Jaya Bachchan had also expressed a similar opinion. On the podcast What the Hell Navya, Jaya had asked her daughter Shweta Bachchan and granddaughter Navya Nanda-‘Why is it, I want to ask both of you, that Indian women are wearing more western clothes?’ On this Jaya said- ‘I think whatever has happened has happened very unknowingly, we have accepted that western wear is more. It gives that manpower to a woman. I would love to see a woman in Nari Shakti I am not saying go wear saree that is just one example but I think even in west women always wear clothes. All this happened much later when he also started wearing pants.
Asha Parekh started her career as a child artist with the name Baby Asha Parekh. At the age of ten, he started working as a child artist in the film Maa (1952). After this, she worked in Bimal Roy’s film ‘Baap Beti’ (1954), but its failure disappointed her so much that she decided not to work in films. Asha decided to return to films at the age of 16. Took a decision Her first film as an actress was ‘Dil De Ke Dekho’. Shammi Kapoor was in his opposite role in this film. The film proved to be a superhit and Asha became a Bollywood superstar overnight.