Javed Akhtar reveals Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit didn’t get big roles because society wasn’t clear about the contemporary woman

Javed Akhtar, in an interview with his daughter Zoya Akhtar, discussed how society shapes star images and noted the decline of the ‘Angry Young Men’ archetype. He highlighted that actresses like Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit were undervalued due to societal uncertainties about the identity of contemporary women, praising Zoya’s films for addressing these issues.