Yesterday watched the much talked about movie Piku and was not disappointed. The movie is beautiful depiction of a girl, the only child to a widowed father, trying to strike a balance between her life and the expectations of her father.
What really stood out for me was the character of Amitabh Bachchan as Bhaskor (the grumpy hypochondriac) as a true feminist (though for his own selfish reasons).
- He had such strong views on his daughter and women in general to have strong identity and purpose and not to sacrifice themselves on the stereotype expectation on the gender
- His expectation as a parent to be taken care of by his child is not clouded by gender of his child. That is true equality. If he as parent has not dished out any unequal treatment to his child then his expectation is truly valid and just.
- He doesn’t have any double standards on the way men and women should live their lives. He is totally ok with his daughter not being virgin and having casual relationship with her friend (which scores of Indian parents are ok with when it is Son Vs daughter)
I always get into discussion & debates with my friends and colleagues on the notion of Feminism. People confuse feminism with gender and somehow this concept has become a curse word. Feminism is a ideology that Women are (and read NOT more or less) equal to Men. And like any ideology it is gender agnostic. And it has been beautifully exhibited in the movie Piku.
Will pen down my thoughts on what Feminism means to me in my next post.
Reflections 
Very well captured love