Manisha Koirala remembers performers lying about their romantic lives and alcohol consumption while exposing misogyny in the 1990s. Bollywood

Saudagar, Manisha Koirala's first Bollywood film, catapulted her to stardom. She recently criticized the misogyny and hypocrisy that characterized the Hindi cinema business in the 1990s.

Manisha Koirala has never held back while discussing her experiences in Bollywood, both personally and professionally. The actor discussed the sexism that pervaded the Indian cinema business in the 1990s in a recent interview with Filmfare. Manisha revealed that during that period, it was expected of female actresses to deny consuming alcohol and to hide their dating history.

Recalling lying about drinking vodka, Manisha Koirala

"There was a coke mixed with vodka at the time of Saudagar, and people around me told me not to tell people that I am drinking vodka because actresses are not meant to be drinking alcohol," Manisha recalled from her experiences in the 1990s. I was instructed to disclose that I consume Coke.

 I discovered that novel. My mother remarked, "Listen, if you are drinking vodka, say you are drinking vodka, don't say you are drinking coke, don't lie for such small little things." She knew I had added vodka to my coke. I would be dating someone right now if we were. Do you wish to condemn me? Feel free to judge me, but I live my life according to my own terms and that's who I am.