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Sonali Kulkarni calls Indian women ‘lazy’, Uorfi Javed calls out her ‘entitled’ behaviour: ‘How insensitive’

Sonali Kulkarni, at a recent event, said that Indian women are lazy because their focus is just of finding husbands with good jobs.

Sonali Kulkarni, Uorfi JavedUorfi Javed took to social media to slam Sonali Kulkarni for her comments. (Photo: Instagram/sonalikurnali/uorfijaved)
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Dil Chahta Hai actor Sonali Kulkarni has come under the ire of netizens after a video of hers calling Indian women “lazy” has started circulating on social media. Sonali said that women want a partner who earns well but “forget to take a stand for themselves.” Uorfi Javed took to Twitter and called the comment “insenstive” as she called out Sonali’s “privileged” and “entitled” opinions.

At a recent event, during an on-stage chat with Bhupenddra Singh Rathore, Sonali said, “Bharat mein bahut saari ladkiyan aalsi hain (in India a lot of women are just lazy),”. They want a boyfriend or husband, who earns well, owns a house and gets regular increments. But, in the middle of this, women forget to take a stand for themselves. Women don’t know what will they do. I urge everyone to bring up such women in your houses that are able and can earn for themselves. Who can say that yes, we want a new fridge in the house, you pay for half of it, I will pay the other half.”

She further went on to say, “I think when men boys turn 18, they have this pressure on them that the studies and fun are about to get over and now you have to earn. I feel like crying for my brothers and my husband. He got selected from the campus interview when he was all of 20 and he started earning.”

Uorfi commented on the video and said that women handle their jobs and household chores at the same time. Calling Sonali entitled, she wrote, “How insensitive, whatever you said! You’re calling modern day women lazy when they are handling their work as well as household chores together? What’s wrong in wanting a husband whose earning good? Men for centuries only saw women as child vending machine and yes the main reason for marriage – dowry. Ladies don’t be afraid to ask or demand. Yes you’re right women should work but that’s a privilege that not everyone gets. You’re too entitled to see that may be.”

Singer Sona Mohapatra also commented on a tweet regarding Sonali’s comment. She wrote, “True & truly sad. Check the matrimonial columns-wanted, good looking, educated, earning, ‘homely’ take care of in-laws, Hh duties & hand over monthly salary type of ads. Double whammy. The ‘insight’ she has is lazy & should have been qualified such – ‘in my circles’.”

Sonali has worked extensively in Marathi and Hindi cinema. She was last seen in 2021 series Whistleblowers on SonyLiv.

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