User:Bookku/My Choice (2015 film)

My Choice is a 2015 Indian short film commissioned by Vogue empowerment, directed Homi Adajania with Deepika Padukone in notable role along with other 98 women. The film contested status quo of normative gender roles laid by patriarchy.

The film has 99 career women including   director Adhuna Akhtar, Bollywood critic Anupama Chopra, model/lawyer Scherezade Shroff, actor Nimrat Kaur express their rights.

Plot
In the short film Deepika Padukone is depicted stressing on women's right of freedom of choice in lyrical form. The lyric begins explaining

"My body, my mind, my choice; To wear the clothes I like; even if my spirit roams naked; My choice; to be a size 0 or a size 15; They don't have a size for my spirit, and never will"The women presenting the lyric expect people not to pass judgements on women's choices relating to clothes, profession, sexual orientation and also the way in which they prefer to live their own life. In Indian context the lyricist says

".. The bindi on my forehead, the ring on my finger adding your surname to mine, they are ornaments. They can be replaced. My love for you cannot. So treasure that..."

Jyoti Sharma Bawa of Hindustan Times objects to the mention of Bindi though an ornament  denotes a deep significance.

Cast

 * Adhuna Bhabani
 * Anaita Shroff Adajania
 * Zoya Akhtar
 * Anupama Chopra

production
black-and-white moving portraits of women from all walks of life,  like singers, writers, vegetable vendors and flower sellers.
 * sponsored : Sangita Jindal- JSW Group
 * produced by Dinesh Vijan's banner
 * Deepika's role "She bookends the film and is also giving the voice over.

Reception
Reporter Gunjeet Sra in Qurartz criticised, saying film industry which is based on fetishising, objectifying and reinforcing sexist standards of beauty on women”, is  promoting feminism, is kind of hypocrisy,

Gunjeet Sra 's criticism is seconded by Meagan Tyler in the Conversations saying documentary seem to reduce  women's empowerment to a series of choices with lesser emphasis on liberation.

Jyoti Sharma Bawa in Hindustan Times critiqued saying that the short film signals onset of a culture in India, similar to the one explained by author Ariel Levy in her book Female Chauvinist Pigs, where women are objectified and encouraged to objectify each other.

News sources

 * https://www.dw.com/en/blog-my-choice-my-right-or-my-privilege/a-18360196


 * https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/after-hits-like-cocktail-and-finding-fanny-deepika-homi-join-hands-for-a-cause/story-G4MkYnHo6WfTvyI9Pmbj1H.html


 * https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/viral-videos/story/deepika-padukone-my-choice-vogue-246291-2015-03-29


 * https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/my-choice-say-deepika-padukone-and-98-other-women-in-film-on-empowerment-750512


 * https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/is-deepika-padukone-talking-about-the-right-choices-115033000432_1.html


 * https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/bollywood-actress-deepika-padukone-cleavage-show-tweet-provokes-anger-online-9735547.html


 * https://scroll.in/article/807421/why-women-arent-empowered-just-because-they-can-choose


 * https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/homi-adajania-misunderstanding-made-my-choice-explosively-viral-753872


 * https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/01/bollywood-actress-deepika-padukone-film-vogue-india_n_6983230.html


 * https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/beer-belly-is-my-choice-spoof-of-deepika-padukones-vogue-video-751043


 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/04/01/bollywood-star-deepika-padukone-seems-firmly-committed-to-feminism-but-not-everyone-is-getting-behind-her-message/


 * https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/deepika-padukone-fights-for-women-s-empowerment-my-body-my-choice/story-eedw7gQ8QrTlWRloOdwNqK.html


 * https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/I-didn%E2%80%99t-endorse-infidelity-in-%E2%80%98My-Choice%E2%80%99-Deepika-Padukone/article60167525.ece


 * https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sorry-deepika-padukone-these-are-not-the-choices-women-need/story-sjkcRzCx8j48InY9VcP28N.html
 * https://tribune.com.pk/story/860808/my-body-my-mind-my-choice-deepika-padukone
 * https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/deepika-padukones-my-choice-crosses-2120066


 * https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/viral-videos/story/deepika-padukone-my-choice-vogue-246291-2015-03-29


 * https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/my-choice-say-deepika-padukone-and-98-other-women-in-film-on-empowerment-750512

Non-news sources

 * Hold On! A Story of Surviving a Crysis. N.p., Notion Press, 2021.
 * V Mahajan A Chowdhury U Kaushal N Jariwala Springer Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of 2nd International Conference of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology. Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore, 2023.
 * Sharma, Sangeeta. Das, Madhusmita. Sharma and Das et al. 2019 European Journal of Social sciences.Page 6
 * Violence Against Women in the Global South: Reporting in the #MeToo Era. Germany, Springer International Publishing, 2023. ISBN: 9783031309113, 3031309111
 * Violence Against Women in the Global South: Reporting in the #MeToo Era. Germany, Springer International Publishing, 2023. ISBN: 9783031309113, 3031309111

Categories to be added
Category:2015 short films Category:Indian short films Category:Indian feminist films Category:2010s feminist films  Category:Films about social issues