April 20, 2018
Actor Ranbir Kapoor has said the notion of masculinity has to
be changed to empower women.
Ranbir said this on Thursday while
interacting with the media along with Deepika Padukone, Shabana Azmi, and Manish
Malhotra.
Ranbir and Deepika walked the ramp for designer Manish
Malhotra, in an event organised by Shabana Azmi's Mijwan Welfare Society.
On asking his idea of empowering the women of the country and securing equal
rights for them, Ranbir said: "I think firstly, we have to change the notion of
masculinity."
"I think the idea which we have in our mind about
masculinity... if we could change the feeling of entitlement then that's the big
thing," he said.
"Once we do that, we should provide a platform to
encourage citizen of our country, especially to girls and the women. It will
then be a great start and I think Mijwan Welfare Society is just about that,"
Ranbir added.
Speaking on his experience of walking the ramp with his
co-actor and ex-girlfriend Deepika Padukone after so long, Ranbir said: "I think
the biggest thing is we have come together to walk for Mijwan Welfare Society.
That is the bigger picture here so it's always wonderful to walk for Manish with
Deepika and for Shabana aunty and everybody concerned with Mijwan Welfare
Society."
When Deepika was asked regarding her experience of walking the
ramp with Ranbir, she said: "It's very exciting. This is for the first time I am
walking the ramp for the Mijwan fashion show. I started off my career as a
model. I walked the ramp many times but this was special. It felt genuine, real
and connected."
"I feel everyone behind the scenes has worked really hard
in doing what they do. Not just putting the show together but you can see the
work, effort, and craftsmanship," said Deepika.
The "Padmaavat" actress
also said it gives her real joy to see the Mijwan group doing so much to empower
women and children.
"I think most importantly, the fact that they have
empowered so many women and children give me so much joy and it's inspiring to
see the work they do," added Deepika.
Ranbir will be seen next in the
biopic of actor Sanjay Dutt titled "Sanju", directed by Raj Kumar Hirani, and in
"Brahmastra" which is directed by Ayan Mukherji.