The actress said in India girl child is treated as a "liability" and when she saw her father expecting more from her brothers, she wanted to be that person and rebelled. Landing in Bollywood without any support and making it big here was not a fairytale journey for the actress. "It was quite harsh. I couldn't speak a word of English. In England, people might be understanding of that, but in Bombay if you don't speak English, people would ask 'How does she expect to work in Hindi films?'" The actress said it is still difficult to be a woman in India as not much has changed. "We need to work a lot on this. We need more role models, which young women can follow, their parents can follow. They should get inspired with their stories and journeys." The 28-year-old actress believes most of the problems related to women stems from the fact that "feminine" and "compassion" are treated as inferior qualities. "Why single out India, that's a problem everywhere. Feminine as an emotion, which would be compassion and kindness, is seen as a weakness... We need to change that mentality. We need to respect feminine as an emotion and not crush it but to love and value it. "History is witness that in past if anything could conquer the darkest and deepest corners of the human soul, it has always been feminine. They offer the only way to penetrate the darkness ¿ not anger or aggressive masculine emotions."
The actress said in India girl child is treated as a "liability" and when she saw her father expecting more from her brothers, she wanted to be that person and rebelled. Landing in Bollywood without any support and making it big here was not a fairytale journey for the actress. "It was quite harsh. I couldn't speak a word of English. In England, people might be understanding of that, but in Bombay if you don't speak English, people would ask 'How does she expect to work in Hindi films?'" The actress said it is still difficult to be a woman in India as not much has changed. "We need to work a lot on this. We need more role models, which young women can follow, their parents can follow. They should get inspired with their stories and journeys." The 28-year-old actress believes most of the problems related to women stems from the fact that "feminine" and "compassion" are treated as inferior qualities. "Why single out India, that's a problem everywhere. Feminine as an emotion, which would be compassion and kindness, is seen as a weakness... We need to change that mentality. We need to respect feminine as an emotion and not crush it but to love and value it. "History is witness that in past if anything could conquer the darkest and deepest corners of the human soul, it has always been feminine. They offer the only way to penetrate the darkness ¿ not anger or aggressive masculine emotions."