<p>Actress Priyanka Chopra, whose upcoming biopic on boxing champion Mary Kom has generated a lot of sensation, today said that woman-oriented roles are still not much welcomed in Bollywood.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Mary Kom is a film obviously about Mary Kom. First and the foremost, female-centric roles are not welcomed in Bollywood," Priyanka said while interacting with the students of Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Ahmedabad here as part of the promotion of the film.<br /><br />"While I was coming here, everybody was telling me that you are doing a fabulous woman-oriented film. When you get to watch 'Pee Kay' or 'Kick' do you say that 'I am going to watch a male-oriented film'. Nobody says that," the actress said.<br /><br />'Mary Kom' is biopic on the Manipur-based pugilist who has been a five-time world boxing champion and also a Olympic bronze medallist. During her interaction with students, Priyanka stressed the need to weed out gender bias from Bollywood.<br /><br />"Things will change for women in Hindi film industry the day when we go and watch a movie after seeing its trailer, without having any gender bias in our minds," she said.<br /><br />Priyanka said that in the male-dominated society, talent of women is not getting recognised in contrast to their male counterparts.<br /><br />Directed by Omung Kumar and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, which will be held from September 4 to September 11.</p>
<p>Actress Priyanka Chopra, whose upcoming biopic on boxing champion Mary Kom has generated a lot of sensation, today said that woman-oriented roles are still not much welcomed in Bollywood.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Mary Kom is a film obviously about Mary Kom. First and the foremost, female-centric roles are not welcomed in Bollywood," Priyanka said while interacting with the students of Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Ahmedabad here as part of the promotion of the film.<br /><br />"While I was coming here, everybody was telling me that you are doing a fabulous woman-oriented film. When you get to watch 'Pee Kay' or 'Kick' do you say that 'I am going to watch a male-oriented film'. Nobody says that," the actress said.<br /><br />'Mary Kom' is biopic on the Manipur-based pugilist who has been a five-time world boxing champion and also a Olympic bronze medallist. During her interaction with students, Priyanka stressed the need to weed out gender bias from Bollywood.<br /><br />"Things will change for women in Hindi film industry the day when we go and watch a movie after seeing its trailer, without having any gender bias in our minds," she said.<br /><br />Priyanka said that in the male-dominated society, talent of women is not getting recognised in contrast to their male counterparts.<br /><br />Directed by Omung Kumar and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, which will be held from September 4 to September 11.</p>