Role model Ash?

The role model for Indian girls today is mostly Aishwarya Rai. Is she worth being a role model? What ideals does she stand for? Ash has walked out of Karan Johar’s film because the role demanded her to be sexy, and she thought that it was not befitting a married woman. The movie also had Abhishek Bachchan who would have lusted for her along with John Abraham. Now Abhishek will be lusting for Priyanka Chopra in the movie. Does this befit a married man? Well, yes, because he is a man. Anyway, he is just acting and he is an actor by profession. So is Aishwarya, but she is a woman. When role models like Aishwarya, who are looked up to, are turning into ‘bahus’ who sacrifice their career, how can we expect other Indian women to stand up. After the Ash-Abhi engagement was announced, a kissing scene between Aishwarya and Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2 was cut, just because the Bachchans did not want the people to see their ‘bahu’ kissing some other actor. Ash also went through all the rituals to get off the manglik dosh. All this just makes me pity the woman, who once made me look at her in awe. I pity her for giving up her identity. The Ash who became Miss World without having the tag of a male name, is now making unnecessary sacrifices to cling to the Bachchan tag.