Rhea Chakraborty was finding her feet in Bollywood when her partner, actor Sushant Singh Rajput died in 2020. In the following months, Rhea found herself in the middle of a media trial, and a social media one as well, where she was often called a ‘chudail’ (witch) and was accused of performing ‘black magic’ on the late actor. At the recent India Today Conclave, when Rhea was asked about the same, she spoke about how back in the day, women who did their own thing and went against patriarchy were seen as witches.
She said, “I kind of like the name chudail. I think it’s interesting . I think back in the day, who was a witch? A witch was a woman who did not subscribe to the patriarchal society or had her own way, or had her own opinions that was against the popular opinion of men and patriarchal societies back then. Maybe I am that person. Maybe I am a chudail.” She then laughed and said “Maybe I know how to do black magic, who knows.” But later in the conversation, she clarified, “There is no black magic.”
Rhea also spoke about how people in Bollywood reacted to her trial and said that “Bollywood is also people. Some people are nice, some people are not nice, some people are judgmental, some people are empathetic. I have, however, experienced the kind side of them.” Rhea has not signed any movies in the last three years and shared that there have been some occasions where she had to refuse a film because the makers would also get trolled.
“As far as work is concerned, so many times I only told them that don’t cast me, you will get trolled. If you sign me now, the film will get trolled, you will get trolled and it won’t work for the film. So that fire had to die down for someone to now probably come and say let’s do a film together and maybe my ambition and understanding of the world has changed a bit now,” she said. But, Rhea still harbours the dream of making it in Bollwyood and said, “I want to make it in Bollywood.”
Rhea was recently seen as a ‘Gang Leader’ on MTV Roadies.
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Rhea Chakraborty says she likes the name ‘chudail’, opens up about her Bollywood dreams: ‘People would get trolled if they cast me’ – The Indian Express
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