After the roaring success of the Hindi-language comedy-drama film ‘Badhaai Ho’, the makers are soon to release its successor ‘Badhaai Do’ starring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar in lead roles.
In the upcoming movie, Pednekar plays the role of a lesbian who falls in love with actor Chum Darang’s character. The movie highlights the concept of lavender marriage (a marriage between a man and a woman for the purpose of hiding their homosexuality), reported DNA.
In a recent interview, Pednekar opened about her role. Addressing the ‘inclusivity’ question that’s currently a hot topic in Bollywood, she said that it’s not necessary for a filmmaker to cast an actor with the same sexual preferences.
“Yes, that’s not my sexual preference, but is my sexual preference all that I am made up of? This is exactly what the film speaks about. I am an actor and I am playing a character. Why should only a queer woman who has a certain sexual preference like my character be considered for the role?”
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Going forward, she divulged that she’s an actor and talented enough to play such challenging roles.
“I am somebody who has worked hard and there is a certain amount of talent that comes with me, then why do I not deserve this part any more or less than somebody else (whose sexual preference is different than mine)? I mean, how is that fair?”
When quizzed if films in the south have better subject matter than Bollywood, she responded, “No, I don’t think so. I feel today our industry has become very pan-India.”
“We have had some Hindi films that have been blockbuster hits down South but the question never rose then. I feel like it is unfair to kind of take away any credibility from Hindi films. I find it very amusing that people even ask this. We are an industry that churns out a lot of movies in a year. We have pan-India stars today.”
“We have actors from the Hindi film industry who work in various films down South and the idea is that art is one,” Hindustan Times quoted her saying.
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The official trailer of the movie is already out and Bhumi is seen playing the part of a 31-year-old physical education teacher, Suman Singh, who is interested in women. She marries a cop named Shardul (Rajkummar) to escape the pressure of their families.