It's time to say that we don't give a... dash dash dash dash.
My 18 year old self I was in a lot of bad company.
I like Kangana because she doesn't care about being liked.
This is MissMalini. And I am so proud and happy
to be here with some mega Boss Ladies,
Barkha Dutt and Kangana Ranaut. I am super super excited.
And there is something really amazing that Barkha is going to tell us about,
that you have started - a brand new project.
Well, before that I want to say that with the three of us together
it doesn't get more wicked or badass than that.
Right?
So it's really exciting.
We have a new banner. It's called Mojo.
Mojo means magic,
it means talisman.
It's genesis is an African word.
I love it! And Kangana what do you think about Barkha?
We have been such fans of hers of course
watching her, you know, bomb the news all the time.
What is your opinion?
My opinion is... Barkha is a dear friend.
Like, there was a time when I was in awe of...
You mean you are not now?
I am.
But, right now, like for me... Let me complete!
There was a time when Barkha was...
There is a role which is fashioned after her in a movie
and that is how we all got so smitten with her.
But now I know her personally
and, like I told her today, I am just going to surrender myself to her.
Take me to the trip of magic and talisman and what not.
Bring my Mojo out!
Why did you choose Kangana?
You know I wrote something about Kangana recently
and it was a very unusual approach
And I said I like Kangana because she does not care about being liked.
And I really meant that as a compliment.
What I meant by that, Malini, was that too many of us women
care too much about what people think about us,
what they say about us,
how they bitch us out.
It's time to say that we don't give a dash dash dash dash!
about what you say. Or think!
And she represents that to me.
And that is feminist energy for me.
I got a lot of calls for that. I was filming for Manikarnika.
And everyone is sending me... In fact, on the shoot...
Neeta ma'am sent me, my director sent me the blog. And I am like, I have read it.
'Did you read this? Did you read this?' People who are your friends get so excited.
And I am like, I have read it. Thank you.
But I would like for everyone to get a sneak peek who may have missed the Facebook Live
what are the conversations going to be like?
Our conversations tend to not be about movies.
We tend to slip into talking about actually ourselves.
I think I see a similarity.
And the similarity is this that I see myself as someone who doesn't give a damn about what people say about me.
You have to understand that the moment you succeed
and you are in the public eye
there are a million people waiting to pull you down.
I feel protective about her because I see, as an older person,
a lot of people trying to do that to her.
And she hangs in there with her own energy and spunk.
The same energy. She is not oblivious to her surroundings. Very stimulated.
Very thoughtful. Very concerned.
And that is primarily why I love Barkha so much.
Every time she asks me to do anything for her, I can't refuse
because of that sheer genuine, thought provoking, active mind that she has,
which has my genuine respect
because I get you, sister!
I think we deserve a pre show hug!
Here is an example of some #GirlLove
This also dispels the myth that women pull each other down
and don't support each other.
Not women like Barkha.
And Kangana.
And Malini.
I think that is amazing. There is a lot of girl love in this room.
So this is the kind of conversation you can expect to hear -
Things that are different and open-minded and challenging
on the Mojo, so stay tuned for that!
But I would like you to each tell me one piece of advice
that you would go back and give
your young, 18 year old, maybe insecure self today.
My 18 year old self, I was in a lot of bad company.
And I was kind of smitten with the edgy side of life.
That if I go that far, what happens?
If I go to the end, what happens?
I am glad I did that, but not everyone has to do that, you know?
You know when I was 18, I was too conscious about
not being seen as 'female'.
I almost de-gendered myself because I felt I had to prove a lot.
I remember really having to fight to cover a war from the frontline at Kargil in 1999
and I had to really battle. Becuase they were like,
'Where will you use the loo?' 'We don't have separate rooms for you?'
I said listen, Goddamit, I get it. It's a battle. It's a war.
I will go behind a rock, under the tree, just like the guys.
So I think what happened to me was a lot of defensiveness
about 'Don't see my as a woman journalist, see me as a journalist.'
At 45, I am very comfortable saying
as a woman I have had to fight twice as hard
to get to the same place as all my male peers.
I am comfortable in my own skin.
And I want to tell the 18 year old out there
be passionate, but most importantly, be yourself.
People will try and pull you down.
But the most difficult thing in life is not to be successful,
it's to be yourself.
And I would go back and tell my 18 year old self to stop worrying
because everything works out!
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