Disclaimer: This article contains references to domestic violence.
From a heartbreaking yet strong character in Gully Boy to portraying the character of a feisty sex worker in Bombay Begums, Amruta Subhash has done a bunch of brilliant roles that made us think. With her acting skills, she has done some greatly disturbing yet convincing scenes that one might flinch while watching.
However, it’s never easy to do such roles. In a roundtable conversation, the actor recalled doing a scene in a regional serial that showcased the sad reality of our society.
She mentioned that she was part of a daily soap in which her character started with something and then her husband started beating her. Shockingly, she keeps taking it in.
“I’m asking, ‘When is she going to retaliate?’ So, I was not liking it. He was coming home drunk and I was removing his shoes and that was working. The TRP was going high.”
She elaborated that she was shocked to learn that the audience liked the show when she was getting hit by her husband!
“It was so sad that my producer was telling me that when he slaps you, the TRP goes high so, he’ll slap. I was like ‘No, I can’t take it. Let her also do something’. That showed me something about our society where the TRP is rising when she is being slapped. So, I was feeling very suffocated and I really wanted to retaliate.”
It’s so disheartening to see that the audience are liking such disgusting plotlines and the makers are even catering to it. It’s 2024 and the movies with stronger and better plotlines are really the need of the hour.
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The roundtable had several brilliant stars, including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sidharth Malhotra, Kajol, Sanya Malhotra, Jaideep Ahlawat and Tillotama Shome.
