Actress Bhumi Pednekar along with Akshay Kumar and Yuva Sena chief, a youth wing of Shiv Sena Aditya Thackeray attended graduation of self defense program for women on Sunday in Mumbai.
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Society needs to change their mindset:
- Talking about changing mindset of society towards women, Bhumi said,
- “I think when you are born in India, whether its metro city or smaller city problems are same.
- And feel we need to educate our boys that women are not their jageer (property).
- In small cities, there male supremacy mentality that we have to change which is only possible through education and knowledge”
- “We have seen our father manhandling our mothers so it’s really sad and I feel parents should
- also need to take onus upon themselves to educate their children that’s when we will see the
- change and off course, just like Akshay sir said prevention will also play important
- part in empowering women so its combination of these things”.
- Furthermore, she added, “I really want to congratulate Akshay sir and Aditya for starting such great initiative.
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- After hearing so much inspirational stories now I am feeling inspired so now if I get a chance
- I would like to come and join this initiative and learn self-defense as well”.
- Bhumi is gearing up for the release of Toilet – Ek Prem Katha in which she starred opposite Akshy Kumar.
- It is releasing on 11 August. Apart from that, she is also paired opposite Ayushmann Khurrana in Shubh Mangal Savdhan which is releasing on 1 Setember.