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In a recent interview with Barkha Dutt on #WeTheWomen, Jaya Bachchan talked about her relationship with the media and paps. Read ahead to know more about it.
Entertainment I am the product of media.
Jaya Bachchan talked about her relationship with media and paps and said, “My relationship with media is fantastic; I am the product of media. But my relationship with paparazzi is zero. Who are these people? Are they trained to be representing the people of this country? You call them media? I come from media; my father was a journalist. I have immense, tremendous respect for such people.
Entertainment He does not speak
Talking about Amitabh Bachchan, she said, He does not speak. He is not free with his opinion like I am. He keeps it to himself, but he knows how to convey what he wants, at the right time, in the right way… which I don’t! That’s the difference. He is a different personality; maybe that’s why I married him!
Entertainment I don’t want Navya to get married
When she was asked if she would be okay if her granddaughter followed her footsteps and left her career after marriage, she said, “I don’t want Navya to get married.” When Barkha Dutt questioned if she thinks marriage is an outdated tradition, she said, “Yes, absolutely.” She further said, “I’m a grandmother now. Navya will be 28 in a few days. I’m too old to give young women advice on raising children. Things have changed so much, and today’s young children are so smart that they will outsmart you.”
Entertainment Tight pant pehnke, hath mein mobile leke
Jaya Bachchan questioned the outfit choices of paps and said, “But yeh jo bahar gande, tight pant pehnke, hath mein mobile leke (they were bad, tight pants, with a mobile in their hand), they think just because they have a mobile, they can take your picture and say what they want.”
Entertainment Kis tarah ka education hai? Kya background hai?
She continued to talk about paparazzi culture and said, “And the kind of comments they pass! What kind of people are these people? Kahan se aate hain, kis tarah ka education hai? Kya background hai? They will represent us? Just because they can get through to YouTube or whatever social platform?”
Entertainment What kind of celebrity are you?
She also questioned the culture of celebrities calling paps to the airport to capture them and said, “I don’t know them. I don’t know whoever you are talking about. My grandson is also young, but he is not on any social network. If you have to call people to take your photos at the airport, what kind of celebrity are you?”
Entertainment I am the most hated person on social media
Jaya Bachchan also remembered how one of her staff members told her about the amount of hate she receives on social media. She said, “It’s very interesting—one of my staff in Delhi said that she doesn’t use any social network because I am the most hated person on social media.”
Entertainment You can be like a chuha
She then compared Paps to rats and said, “I said that I don’t care; I don’t give a damn. You hate me; it’s your opinion. My opinion is that I dislike you immensely. You think that you can be like a chuha (rat) who can get into somebody’s house with a mobile camera.”
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