Nushrat Bharucha: I really believe now is the time we should make a true chick flick

Nushrat Bharucha, who has starred in the popular 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' franchise, feels that the comedy genre is male-dominated and girls usually don't have much room for performance. The actress was quoted in a report on indianexpress.com as saying, 'Doing a comedy is a bit different for girls. Nobody expects girls to do something smart, or give one liners in a film. Usually people laugh at her (the character).The heroes, on the other hand, are going to be laughed with. There is a difference.'
Nushrat recently won the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation award for her role of a dominating girlfriend in 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2' ('PKP 2'). Citing the examples of Chandler and Rachel, popular characters from 'Friends', the actress said that she worked hard on her role in 'PKP 2' so that it didn't come off as a caricature. 'A character like Chandler Bing, who is smart, funny and extremely charming, exists, while at the same time there is a Rachel who some people think is just a blonde who cannot do anything. I had to work hard on my character so as not to make it become a caricature, not just limit her as the butt of jokes but make her more human,' she added.
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Nushrat said that it's high time there's a film made on female bonding. 'I really believe now is the time we should make a true chick flick. That's something we have not explored yet. It should be done realistically, may be about four girls and the bond they share. It should be interesting,' she signed off.