Veteran actress Soni Razdan, who essays the function of legendary Kashmiri singer Raj Begum within the not too long ago launched streaming movie Songs of Paradise, not too long ago opened up about the way in which ladies are nonetheless perceived within the business.In an interview with Display, she was requested about privileged ladies in cinema nonetheless being outlined by their husbands’ names, with the instance of Jaya Bachchan being cited. Responding to this, Soni mentioned, “Sure, and no. I believe it’s additionally the way in which you take a look at it. I believe Jaya Bachchan may be very a lot her personal girl. She’s in Parliament, she’s doing no matter she has to do in life, and she or he all the time has. She was top-of-the-line actors we had of her time, a Nationwide Award winner. So I believe we will’t generalize that manner. It’s all the time been troublesome for ladies. It all the time shall be, sadly. However sure, issues are altering. Let’s be constructive as a result of enormous leaps and bounds have been made.”
Jaya Bachchan’s stand in Parliament
Soni’s remarks echo the bigger debate round ladies’s identification in public life. In August 2024, Jaya Bachchan objected in Rajya Sabha after Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh addressed her as “Jaya Amitabh Bachchan.”
Calling it a “new drama” that ladies are recognized by their husbands’ names, Jaya mentioned, “Solely Jaya Bachchan would have sufficed.”Dhankhar, nevertheless, defined that the identify on the election certificates governs official references. “Ma’am, aap badal dijiye, most important badalwa dunga. There’s a process to alter the identify… Please change it formally then,” he mentioned.Jaya, whereas clarifying she was pleased with her husband Amitabh Bachchan’s achievements, added, “It signifies abha, jo mit nahi sakti (the shine that can’t be wiped away). Don’t fear, this drama you’ve got began is new. This was not there earlier.”