Sonakshi Sinha: Stop labelling movies as 'women centric'

Actress

Sonakshi Sinha said it's time people stop calling movies with a female protagonist as 'women centric' as it takes away the essence of the project.

The 29-year-old actress feels the gender of the protagonist shouldn't determine the kind of film one is making. "I really want people to stop calling it a 'female or women centric' film. When a male actor does it nobody calls it a male centric movie. A film is a film, you watch it as that, not based on the gender of the protagonist. These headlines that 'Sonakshi is doing a female centric film', it makes no sense. I am an actor, I am doing a film and that's it. Gender doesn't have to come in here," Sonakshi said.


Sonakshi, who last year appeared as a solo lead in 'Akira' and is now gearing up for the release of '

Noor

', which again stars her in the lead, said films with female protagonist in lead will someday also do the kind of business which a male star's film does.

"We as an audience have very recently opened up to receiving a film with a female protagonist and they have just started doing really well. Filmmakers have just started making a variety of films which perhaps weren't being made earlier. There is a difference in that and there will naturally be a difference in box office number as well. Slowly and steadily it will reach a point where we all want to see it and I am glad to be a part of that change," she said.

Directed by Sunhil Sippy, 'Noor' is based on Pakistani author

Saba Imtiaz

's novel '

Karachi

, You're Killing Me!' The film follows journalist Noor's (played by Sonakshi) misadventures and love life as she navigates her way through Mumbai.