'Arre bhai tu itni...': Javed Akhtar bashes Yash Chopra's final film Jab Tak Hai Jaan for 'faking' empowered girl

Javed Akhtar, in his recent interview, talked about how modern Indian women are depicted in movies and expressed his views on the same. He also pointed out dialogue spoken by a female actress in Yash Chopra's film Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

During the conversation on Be A Man, Yaar!, while highlighting a dialogue from Yash Chopra's film Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Javed said, "Ek picture thi Yash Chopra saab ki, Jab Tak Hai Jaan. Usme ek dialogue hai from one of the heroines, ‘Mein duniya mein jitni nationalities hein, har nationality ke ek admi ke ladke ke saath sone ke baad shaadi karungi!’ Arre bhai tu itni mehnat kyu karegi? Tu empowered hain? Tu modern hain? Tu cool hain? Tu forward thinking hain? Maan jaate hei na… itni mehnat karne ki zaroorat nahi hain tumko! Bahoot nationalities hain duniya mein us chakkar mein mat paro (There was a Yash Chopra film named Jab Tak Hai Jaan, in which there is a dialogue where one of the heroines says that I will marry you after I sleep with one man from all the nationalities. But why would you do so much hard work? Are you empowered and modern and cool? We agree so you let go of that hard work. There are a lot of nationalities)."

A true #SRKian will always love and adore this movie "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" bcoz its not just a movie but its also an emotion #SRK #ShahRukhKhan pic.twitter.com/cd48tIN4bj

— @SRKsHashim) December 8, 2023

Javed added, "Ab ye kya hain? Is dialogue ka kya matlab hain? Kahan aa rahi hain? Yash Chopra ki film mein (What is this dialogue doing in a Yash Chopra film)! Because they want to fake that this is an empowered girl. They are not very clear what is an empowered girl so they are exaggerating." 

Jab Tak Hai Jaan, released in 2012 after Yash Chopra's passing, marked his final film. This romantic drama featured Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Anushka Sharma in leading roles. Javed Akhtar's most recent work as a lyricist was in the movie "Kho Gaye Hum Kahan."

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