Can we agree women have it difficult in Bollywood? Well, legendary actress, Asha Parekh seems to have the answer to that question. But, with the changing times and innovations, things a taking a turn for the good. The yesteryear actress is quite impressed with the concept of vanity vans existing in Indian cinema currently.
During a recent conversation with ANI at the 53rd edition of the Indian Film Festival of India, which was held in Goa, saw Ms Parekh recalled how yesteryear actor faced several challenges due to the lack of sanitation facilities in the past.
Interestingly, Asha Parekh started working in the industry when she was just 10.
“It would have been great to see the same technical superiority in our era that we have now. For example, I remember there was no concept of facilities like vanity vans during our time. Back then when we went for shoots, the studios didn’t have bathrooms and we used to sit there the entire day without going to the bathroom. Thankfully, I didn’t have any kidney-related problems,” she quipped.
“Sometimes we even changed our clothes behind bushes,” Asha Parekh added.
Apart from Asha Parekh, Jaya Bachchan also shared her struggles about the lack of toilets on the film sets years ago. During her appearance on one of the episodes of her granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda’s podcast, What The Hell Navya, Jaya got candid about how she had to change her sanitary pads behind bushes due to the absence of vanity vans and toilet facilities back in the day.
“When we used to do outdoors, we didn’t have vans. We had to change behind the bushes. Everything. There were not even enough toilets. It was awkward and embarrassing. You used 3-4 sanitary pads and you carried plastic bags to discard the pads and put them in a basket so that when you get home, you can get rid of it,” Jaya said.
“Can you imagine sitting down when you have 4-5 sanitary towels on you? It was really uncomfortable. And then you didn’t have the kind of sanitary towels that you have today, you just stick it on. You had to make a belt with two ends, towels only had loops, to tie tape to it. It was really bad,” she shared.
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