EXCLUSIVE: Kritika Kamra States There’s ‘Women Representation’ In TV Not ‘Women Empowerment’; Points Out, “Hum Unn Cheezon Ko Glorify Karte Hain Jahan Aurat…”

Kritika Kamra reflected on how today’s TV content doesn’t empower women instean it glorifies their sacrifices and quest to be perfect. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble, the actress questioned how much has content for women evolved. She confessed that women’s portrayal is constant stuck on a loop. Scroll down to read below and watch the interview.

Kritika Kamra On How TV Content Is NOT Empowering Women

When asked about how TV content is not empowering women, Kritika Kamra said, “I agree. I think television… see, when we are saying these things, ye broad-broad statements hain, ye general statements hain. I have to clarify these things. Toh ye hum keh rahe hain ki zyadatar aisa hota hai. Main yeh nahi bol rahi hoon ki har jagah aisa hi hota hai. Maine khud bhi shows kiye hain, and I used to constantly find shows jahan pe yeh na ho raha ho, ya at least kam ho raha ho. You know, utna hi deviation dhoondhna bahut mushkil tha us waqt. And finally, I stopped doing television.”

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Continuing, the actress said, “But I think that yes, abhi mujhe genuinely filhaal kya chal raha hai, mujhe zyada idea nahi hai TV ka, but yeh hamesha se TV ki problem rahi hai—at least tab thi, jab main television kar rahi thi, mainstream. There is women’s representation. Ek aurat aapki story ka central part hai, theek hai? Aap unki zindagi dekh rahe ho, aap unse attached ho, aapko lag raha hai ki aap unki duniya dekh rahe ho. Par jo view hai, jis lens se use dekha ja raha hai, woh patriarchal hai. Kyunki usme hum glorify kya karte hain? Ki maa kitni mahaan hai, ya kisne kitne sacrifices kiye—chahe woh pati ke liye ho ya bachchon ke liye. Hum unhi cheezon ko glorify karte hain, jahan pe aurat sacrifice kar rahi hai. Aurat devi hai, which is wrong, I feel. This is not empowering the woman.”

Kritika Kamra On TV Content Gloryfing Women’s Sacrifices

The Bambai Meri Jaan actress said, “You know, hum keh dete hain ki ‘Arre, kitni badi baat hai, kitni respect ki baat hai.’ Nahi, ye aap ek pedestal pe daal kar us aurat ko, insaan ki tarah treat hi nahi kar rahe. Phir expectation unse yeh hoti hai ki woh perfect rahein. Aur jab woh nahi rahegi, toh unhe kitna dukh hoga. Toh phir woh usi mein ek loop mein chale jaate hain—just seeing that woman suffer. So I agree, that’s not empowering at all. And I don’t think that’s a feminist way of looking at it. Aur yeh bahut insecurities pe khela gaya hai. Jaise hum baat kar rahe the, hum is baat ko normalise kar rahe hain—roz dikha-dikha ke. Question nahi kar rahe.”

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Concluding, she said, “Par kaam hamara, achhi kahaniyon ka kaam, question karna hota hai mere hisaab se. The idea is not just to make relatable content. Sure, people will relate with it—kyunki society bhi patriarchal hai. Of course, log relate karenge. But agar aap ek aspirational cheez bana rahe ho, jo log roz dekhte hain, aur jisse log shayad kuch seekhte hain, toh phir ek duty ban jaati hai aapki, ki aap us cheez ko question bhi karo. And I think good content should not only entertain—it should engage with you. It should not just make you feel. It should make you think, and you know, reconsider something.”

Kritika Kamra was last seen in Saare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians and is filming Matka King.

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