Educate boys that women are not their Jageer: Bhumi Pednekar 

Actress Bhumi Pednekar along with Akshay Kumar and Yuva Sena chief, a youth wing of Shiv Sena Aditya Thackeray attended graduation of self defense program for women on Sunday in Mumbai.

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 Society needs to change their mindset:

• Talking about changing mindset of society towards women, Bhumi said,
• “I think when you are born in India, whether its metro city or smaller city problems are same.
• And feel we need to educate our boys that women are not their jageer (property).
• In small cities, there male supremacy mentality that we have to change which is only possible through education and knowledge”
• “We have seen our father manhandling our mothers so it’s really sad and I feel parents should
• also need to take onus upon themselves to educate their children that’s when we will see the
• change and off course, just like Akshay sir said prevention will also play important
• part in empowering women so its combination of these things”.
• Furthermore, she added, “I really want to congratulate Akshay sir and Aditya for starting such great initiative.

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• After hearing so much inspirational stories now I am feeling inspired so now if I get a chance
• I would like to come and join this initiative and learn self-defense as well”.
• Bhumi is gearing up for the release of Toilet – Ek Prem Katha in which she starred opposite Akshy Kumar.
• It is releasing on 11 August. Apart from that, she is also paired opposite Ayushmann Khurrana in Shubh Mangal Savdhan which is releasing on 1 Setember.