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To one type as you might start to face down here in some of these films of course healthy to choose towards women. But theyre willing to change the mean people to. Sneak a glitch. In the big schism in their identities i need to very difficult to find no. Where. And the person. But joining us now. Is director of the snake charmer and dr nick carr is assistant professor of journalism and communication at the university of. Kumar is a freelance multimedia journalist. Who decide is a filmmaker and journalist ladies its great to have you here this film this access you had im just looking at constitutes a feat he has twenty two point three million followers he is a huge Hollywood Star how did you even get close enough to him to put him in a documentary. At the moment and in a week at the moment we cant hear you very well so im going to just work behind the scenes to come back to you and discuss your embrace let me just go to. As were looking at this documentary the snake charmer and this huge Indian Bollywood star when you look at it what do you see. I watched the film about twelve hours ago and one of my first reactions was why make the film. And if you were if the idea was to look at how bollywood poetry is women then it should have been a wider discussion then just looking at americans portraying. Our americans involvement in said to me. You know of any specific sure we actually did know and i think answer about two or four seasons so that was my first question actually why this film and why look at gender portrayal in mainstream in the cinema through the eyes of said to me was it had some extremely important points to make which i was dealing lad to see being made on screen but i was actually hoping for a wider perhaps look a broader look look i had an agenda portrayals at the trail of women in mainstream in the cinema let me see if i can get an a con to actually answer this for you heres a little clip of him explaining the idea behind his discussion shall have a look. Make you feel good. You could forget your stress if you could but thats not all that a sponsor beautiful. Social fabric of the state to infuse. Well the film follows on as you saw there through the production of that Television Show this is commenting both on the film and the t. V. Show themselves the film is beautifully protrade giving a balanced view and it showcases the very real struggle space by such a bencher i loved the t. V. Show i cried along with it even if one family has influence its a step in the right direction she goes on to say mary is doing much more than just empowering women hes trying to change the mindset of people whove had an upbringing or women are not seen as equals or a burden so need i know youre back with us you hear this praise for the film is this part of the reason why you decided to follow on her in the first place. I think the story of the film of course. All of them are. The real story stories of women in india and her and the power of one are. So. You know one person. You know do something about it and you know if you think. You know youre going to. Win. Or in a way that is not the right word but it you know. I think thats very very important. I dont mind and i know theres a lot of you know in india where you know what it is doing and why so. Much why dont you. Think you really want to make a community. I. Think that was the car. And you can see that. Soon enough for those around can as he was making his the final fling series of such him a day after day which means truth alone triumphs and the show is talk show highlights some very important issues in india and we give you one example this is part of the story have a look. So if you thought are they going to start us have you thought yeah. I. Love doesnt win if only our. Jadick will survive without us or a psychiatrist simply medical muscular. That i would love that are just not enough about me. So low and have their curvy. So. If you know. But are you worked on this talk show. Its difficult to separate him as an actor from the activism that hes trying to actually help people get access to helping people get access to what was he like to work with. Well yes and thats kind of understandable in the sense that you know actors have this son are people relate to and then when you see him on the shore visibly in a different we you wonder whats you know you want to try to make that connection however of you know from the from the conversations we had and the research that went behind sure he was as he was on television as he was with us when he was you know discussing the stories of these women a lot of well i think doc went on behind about how he cried on television and whether he did that on purpose whether it was something to just get the ratings up and well thats not against the person that he is he craves. You know the Research Meetings that we had as well so you know start of the busyness concerned they do Different Things but i think i would just like to go back to the actual point of i think were having two different conversations the conversation one being the portrayal of you know i mean in the cinema and thats different and i think this conversation will be different which is the portrayal of women in the issues in india you know that the shorter the undertook so you know i think the different gun zation they dont think we should kind of make these two together. Let me just bring you back in here when you started on this journey with an icon you named the film the snake charmer and a lot of people of questioned why you were doing that can you explain the title of the film. The snake time. What they need im here up in india. Because its our too. Soon to really you know but its me because bollywood stars and i have to just go back to what i mean. Difficult things that others nowhere just made everything seem so easy and very i think you know a large target crowd in india. And ill go on very. High and you know its interesting so you know theyre very. High and you know. That and we you know when you know you know. Like this is how goes on every day. And then he got up and you know something to do that you know so he. And i look for help a lot in india. Or another i mean thats not very well known and he doesnt really want to. So there was no need at go ahead karen or i think there are you know the full monty refers to him as an activist and actor and activist i think thats a word that he going to chase away from and hes repeatedly said that hes an entertainer not an activist and this sure was not activism but a form of entertainment that kind of showed different paths its after india and again he makes the distinction very clearly and you know. That would make everyone an activist in that sense hes an act so on that point i hear you there pretty and i we got this comment live on you tube brad says people need to stop looking at actors and athletes as role models another person on twitter ways and this is who says other kind is not an advocate for women but he gave respect and importance to women that is i opening for gender equality in india and at least he tried as an actor i want to bring you in here via the phone do you think the t. V. Show was an eye opener for many people. Oh i sourced any more since a few episodes of the t. V. Show i could work with inside. The them it was a bit and i believe that there are the for the thumb and so i think about whats going to in fact that that made jack think fragmenting audience that it is art for issues and provided traditionally played as he was i think the most i think theyve managed to score in the stations insanity is actually that the fact that the shoe can now we have to take the lead in signs that say we can you should not discuss and that you get how its good because it was a popular ask for thing that celebrates the sure coming on to television how so i think about the show with these issues the police i think the one in fact was that there that the fact you brought these conversations into the house good and i think back in fact the baby step of a big contribution so i could mention it but i want to be only be skeptical about the fact that badly but it sure has been a big a big up in the justice change in the way in the place hes. In the place we. See again the c. D. R. Guy and that is something that we have to be relieved to be there is some kind of Magic Research something saturday i still want to get be back with our current high school. Jen jen the perception by inside the party is theres a sign go be in back of the beach at least but i know you believe that its a big step because then you have an active guy was being followed by many people you agree with more than so many people he was just talking about these issues that impact a lot for your mind. Moore one of the things that you captured. Was the pushback the protests the criticisms at one point process has even said well you should just leave the country lets have a look at a little bit from the documentary it will be. Decoded. And i should give a piece of. Jordan. But it could be i just maybe not with the panel eagle but it could now. Yeah. You want. If. You needed to know what you were getting into cultural. Well i get. Very diverse country in a difficult country to start in with it and a lot of. My experience there wrecked. Countries a lot but i wanted to just go back to you know i didnt. Remember going to say here with larry the r. And what we are but we have to compare what im going to join the word for example just learned you know any you know it was completely and you know you see youre not a. Buyer you know when you see a were complaining or you know in this way. To start up for womens rights and for other you know a lot of human rights in india i mean half of the study has gone against. Thats why we see here you know people and politicians you know. The great sensitive issues in indian i think this is what you know you mean you know understanding when europe and india russia. Yeah i just wanted to quickly add to the point of celebrity activism because that is really important theres actually very little celebrity activism if you will you know comparatively in india so if you only look at it in dorms of senator de activism yes theres definitely had had kind of made inroads but then i guess the question one asks is with the mind of the kind of you know it had started one of the largest our television channels. As grass in bollywood actor you had extremely Good Research teams and production teams so with that kind of might the short you know make the kind of impact that it originally set out to is probably a question one needs to just put out there and you know i mean its difficult to quantify im sure nobody has numbers and nobody can assess the game of impact. But but its a question one should uk so youve run maybe three or four seasons was there some kind of a policy shift did did something happen with all of the end of resources that was pumped into the shaw is probably a valid question to put out there. A priority you were working on the go ahead right yeah i think its a valid question and i think a lot of people had that question as well what was the impact of the short and given the resources and you know just to put it out there i think everybody all of us were part of learning through a good time the first season and learning about issues you know so we had one course of growth in that sense but you know if most of us it cannot be quantified. But you know for example the episode on child sexual abuse soon after the episode was we got fourteen million responses from people. Talked with joe you tube you know everywhere and even compiled a booklet of you know some of the most poignant responses that we got. And of course you know in terms of were not going to see that you know the short changed things in india because even having change and be you know its one of the many efforts that really takes in bringing put the momentum to kind of build the change whether it is about creating child sexual abuse workshops in schools whether it is popularizing the concept of Generic Medicines all of these going to i think the show going to add to the momentum that many other factors in india did at that point in time to build conversations and pressure you know for governments to act for example even though you know the Health Minister had to shut that down told me that this is a show that more leads are on clinics that are doing sex electical washings and you know crack down on those clinics so weve had anecdotal experiences but again were not out of going to see that you know change that. So there is one point here that several people are mentioning online and it is the industry itself whether thats media whether thats bollywood this is from nor is a former member of the stream team she writes and keep in mind im a concert early films glorified harassment and violence against women we should critique the end of history he participated in and in doing that critique this is bollywood into thinking that comment but this one is a little bit wider this is from come as a big deal comment we got on the media in general in india this is what he said. If media and media people on humane jennifer sensitive and if they have passionate about the quality justice and human rights for them then they can promote just didnt want to do this and promote a false image of women and also a positive image of men who have been. And kind and good towards peace but if media or see passionate about. Profit and t. L. C. Then it was none of this and have been. Producing. For us what do you make about on painting the media landscape. Yes i completely agree with what dr busines just said if the if the media itself is not sensitive if it can if it has people who are not gender the gender sensitive when those who do not understand gender justice then im sure the kind of output that they would have would necessarily be insensitive to bigley to women and other minorities however i just wanted to quickly respond to north point about american having me you. Earlier on in a scarier that then portray women in a good lead i would like to point out that the film ends on a north where the film talks about done the way it was his last release in the early sorry. Not the last release but one of the last release does. And end of the phone talks about how he portrayed. Portrayal of of them in there has changed in the middle but you know duncan also had some extremely valid criticism coming from feminists are saying that it was talking about. 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So good moment from the witness documentary coming on live and shown on aljazeera the state child i have a look can my laptop this is where you can see it online. A couple of comments to you in this conversation the chat if you on you tube live says i agree that amr khan brought the conversation to homes where it can become an open conversation instead of one held in private among women and a few men and one other comment from twitter this person says i am so empowered as a man by honor konstanz against an equal ginger norms but i cant wait to see the film. I need to. Thank you very much for being in this conversation debating and discussing. And also need your documentary thanks for sharing that with us and for joining us on the stream today this conversation continues always online a. J. Stream c. C. Thats what. A new level of luxury has arrived. An experience that will transform the way. Our Impeccable Service remains but now comes from breaking. Business clients. 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