​Jacqueline Fernandez talks about Cannes, acting, film industry; Addresses stereotypes around women in Bollywood

Jacqueline Fernandez, who has been making rounds recently online for churning out hits after hits, recently took to a recent panel discussion to talk about how the scenario of the film industry is right now for women. She shared her thoughts on how things can be expressed more freely and how women have a lot fewer limitations in the industry right now.

Fernandez talks about stereotypes for women in the industry

Jacqueline recently sat down for a panel discussion with Deadline Hollywood for a segment titled ‘Women In Cinema’, where the actress talked about women in the acting field and how things have changed away from traditional norms.

During the panel discussion, she talked about the change that has been brought forth in the world of cinema, specifically Bollywood, saying that “In India and in Bollywood, there has been an amazing change where it's not anymore about fitting a cookie-cutter stereotype of what it means to be an actress and how you could fit in a role. And these are the roles that you can be given if you are a certain age or if you look a certain way. That's changed a lot in India.”

Jacqueline talks about how women of all ages are getting great leading roles

During the panel discussion, the actress also shed light on what the current scenario is with women getting cast in lead roles. She elaborated on it by saying that “Women of all age groups are getting fantastic roles. They are getting fantastic female lead protagonist roles. There are stories being made for them. So now, the variety has all of a sudden exploded. Everyone is getting an opportunity. There is no more a shelf life. There are, of course, a lot of us who go through that; it is how we stay relevant all the time as we get older. But there are a lot of people and a lot of amazing actresses out there who are breaking that and who are working towards that.”

More about the actress’s latest projects

Jacqueline Fernandez will next be seen joining the cast of ‘Housefull 5’. The actress is going to be working alongside Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Sonam Bajwa, Nargis Fakhri, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Chitrangada Singh, Fardeen Khan, Chunky Pandey, Johnny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Dino Morea, Ranjeet, Soundarya Sharma, Nikitin Dheer, and Akashdeep Sabir.


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