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Bollywood Is An Ideal Secular Structure, Says Raveena Tandon

Bollywood Is An Ideal Secular Structure, Says Raveena Tandon

by The Daily Eye Team May 2 2017, 4:18 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 45 secs

The mast mast girl of Bollywood, Raveena Tandon, was in the capital recently, but unlike her usual happy-go-lucky self, this time she was in a pensive mood, talking about rape, the absence of fear among criminals, the need to sensitise our men, how it’s time to make stronger and more effective judicial laws, and how Maatr, her latest movie, touched and shook her up. Unity and secularism in B’wood Be it actress Kangana’s comments on nepotism or singer Sonu Nigam’s recent statement on azaan and ‘forced religiousness’ which have been making news, the film industry today gets divided over different issues, political ideologies, controversies and comments. But the National Award winning actress says the Hindi film industry is the epitome of a secular social body and she is happy to be a part of it.

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HUMRA QURAISHI


Humra Quraishi is a writer, columnist and journalist. She has authored Kashmir: The Unending tragedy, Reports From the Frontlines, Kashmir: The Untold Story, Views: Yours and Mine, Bad Time Tales, More Bad Time Tales, Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad and Meer. She has co- authored The Good The Bad and The Ridiculous: Profiles, Absolute Khushwant and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh. Her take on what's it like to be a singleton in today's turbulent times, is part of the Penguin published anthology, Chasing the Good Life: On Being Single. And, one of her essays, The State Can't Snatch Away our Children is part of the Zubaan published anthology, Of Mothers And Others. Her essay in the volume on the 1984 Sikh riots, 1984: In Memory and Imagination is titled, Why not a Collective Cry for Justice!  


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