Kareena Kapoor Khan: I believe in equality but I won’t say I am a feminist

Hesitant to give an answer initially, Kareena finally said, “I believe in equality. I won’t say I am a feminist,” she began, as her co-star, Sonam, a self-confessed feminist, cheered her on. “I would say I am a woman. Above all, I am a human being. But I would say I am as much proud to be known as Saif Ali Khan’s wife as I am to be Kareena Kapoor,” Kareena continued, as her Veere Di Wedding team on the stage welcomed her answer with an applause.

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Also present at the event were the film’s producers Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi.

See photos from the music launch event of Veere Di Wedding 

Veere Di Wedding stars Sonam, Kareena, Shikha and Swara in lead roles. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)

Kareena Kapoor Khan and Sonam Kapoor danced on Veere Di Wedding song Tareefan on the music launch event of the film. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)

The four ‘veeres’, Sonam, Kareena, Swara and Shikha talk about their film Veere Di Wedding. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)

The entire team of Veere Di Wedding at the music launch event of the film. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)

Shikha Talsania strikes a pose at the music launch of Veere Di Wedding. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)

Swara Bhasker looks lovely at the Veere Di Wedding event. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)

Rhea Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor are producing Veere Di Wedding. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)

Rhea was asked by a male reporter if she was happy with the current buzz that the film has created with its exciting cast and youthful, peppy soundtrack, after the initial criticism to its trailer, which people panned for “trying too hard”. She said, “They asked Kareena, ‘Are you a feminist?’ What is the definition of a feminist? A feminist is someone, who believes that boys and girls are equal. That’s the actual definition of a feminist if you look up in the dictionary. Coming back to your question, I am actually not surprised. My TG (target audience) that you speak of is normal girls, women, boys, people and they know this is true (the behaviour of the characters as shown in the trailer) so, how can you be angry about the truth? You have to be relaxed about it. The film assumes that everybody knows that girls are just like you (men). They make the same mistakes, they use the same language, they are just prettier.”

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Veere Di Wedding is scheduled to hit theatres on June 1 and will clash with Harshvardhan Kapoor’s Bhavesh Joshi Superhero.