Actor Mukesh Khanna, known for bringing life to India’s very first superhero Shaktiman, has been receiving nationwide criticism his alleged sexist remark on Me Too movement. In a viral video, the actor had said that Me Too movement only began after women started stepping into the professional world. He added that a woman should do nothing but take up household duties.
His statement did not go down well with a lot of netizens lashing out at the veteran actor. Following the wide trolling, the actor has come up with a clarification on his social media, saying that someone is trying to malign his image. Sharing the full interview of which the viral clip was a part, he wrote, “I am not against Women Working. As I said let me show you my full interview taken by someone from which this “ Vivadit Bayan” has been taken to malign me that I mean “ This” which I don’t mean. I was just commenting on how Me too can happen. You can see yourself in this interview how I respect women.”
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In the interview with Filmy Charcha, the actor said, “The problem of #MeToo began when women started working. Aurat ka kaam hai ghar sambhalna, jo maaf karna mein kabhi kabhi bol bhi jata hu (The job of a woman is to take care of the house). Problem kaha se shuru hui hai #MeToo ki jab aurato ne bhi kaam karna shuru kar diya (The problem of #MeToo began when women started working). Aaj aurat mard ke saath kandhe se kandha milane ki baat karti hai (Today, women talk about walking shoulder-to-shoulder with men).”
He further added, “Log women’s lib ki baat karenge, lekin main aapko bata doon, problem yahin se shuru hoti hai (People talk about women’s liberation, but let me tell you that where the problem begins). Sabse pehla jo member suffer karta hai woh ghar ka bachcha suffer karta hai, jisko maa nahi milti (The first person who suffers is the child, because he doesn’t have a mother taking care of him at home). Aaya ke saath baith kar Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu dekh raha hota hai (He sits and watches TV with his nanny all day). Jab se shuruat hui, tab se yeh bhi shuruat hui ke main bhi wohi karungi jo mard karta hai. Nahi, mard mard hai aurat aurat hai (It all began when women started saying that they want to do what men do. No, a man is a man and a woman is a woman).” He went on to say that in the ‘modern world’, this might not be acceptable.
Mukesh Khanna has now cleared the air on the same, saying his statement was taken otherwise.
