Iqbal Khan recently returned to TV with &TV's '
Waaris
' which deals with discrimination against the girl child in society. The actor, who is a father of a girl child in real-life, says not much has changed with the mentality of people and even educated people practice inequality against girl child.
READ ALSO: Do you know what is Iqbal Khan's biggest fear in life? "I did this show because I feel this kind of story needs to be told. Even I have a daughter in real-life and there are issues in our country when it comes to a girl child. No matter how modern we are or which part of the city we are in, I don’t think the mentality of people has changed much. Even in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai educated people practice prejudices against girls. I will give you my example. In Mumbai when my daughter was born, a lady from neighbourhood came to congratulate us. I was angry and felt disgusted when she said, 'Don’t worry! Next time, you will have a son'. She was disappointed. I didn’t know how to react at the situation. She was elder and I didn't want to get into any bad situation. So I just remained quiet," shared Iqbal.
Iqbal plays Charan Pawania a hard-working, peace-loving and religious farmer in 'Waaris'.
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