‘Heroes cannot be shown naked…’, when Smita Patil raised questions on the treatment of women in Bollywood
Even before the discussion on exploitation and objectification of women in films started, Smita Patil was challenging this system. At a time when glamor and sexualized images were considered the easiest way to sell films, Smita clearly said that using women merely as marketing tools was wrong. Smita Patil was never interested in playing merely…