Anushka Sharma reacts to ‘Sultan’ being called 'sexist,' says she would choose child over career

Mumbai, July 13: Salman Khan’s ‘Sultan’ is roaring at the box office with the film having broken almost every possible record in the book. If the box office figures are something to go by, a large section of the audience has given a big thumbs up to the film. But another section of the audience has found the film ‘sexist’ for the kind of treatment it has given to Anushka Sharma’s character, Aarfa. In the film, Aarfa plays an ace wrestler and aspires to win an Olympic gold medal, but on knowing that she is pregnant, she lets her dream take a backseat.
When Anushka was recently asked in an interview as to what she had to say about ‘Sultan’ being called a ‘sexist’ film, she said that since the character was pregnant, she had no choice but to give up her dream. Explaining further, she said that the character had not planned it (pregnancy) and suddenly forgot that she had a dream. Anushka reasoned that if a woman is making a choice on her own, it is definitely not regressive. The actress revealed that when she read the script, it made her think as to what must have gone through Aarfa’s head that she chose to give up her dream. Keeping herself at the place of Aarfa, Anushka said that if she were pregnant and had a film to complete, she would probably choose her child over her career.