Women should turn producers and make their own movies: Prakash Bare

Actor and producer Prakash Bare was recently invited as one of the guests at the first meeting of the

Women in Cinema Collective

(WCC). Bare put forward several ideas, one of which was that women should turn producers and start making their own films, and secondly, the WCC should include men as well who support them. The Smita Patel movie

Mirch Masala

was screened at the venue, where a subeidar played by Naseeruddin Shah epitomises the patriarchy existing in a small village in India.

"The subeidar is not one person. it's all of us, and patriarchy exists within all of us . But today it has increased more than before. Mollywood is an industry where woman are respected, where actresses from other industries like Sharada migrated to. But today, there is an unwritten rule which says that an actress shouldn't be around for more than three-four years," he said.

There are no quick solutions for this and he has a request for the WCC, he said. "'The WCC should include men as well who wish to fight patriarchy, and whoever supports them. Women themselves have opposed WCC so it shouldn't create a gender divide. Also, let there be projects produced by women, with themes by women," he added.