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Actor Amol Parashar says his masculinity can’t be defined by what he wears on screen and that he had fun sporting women’s clothes for a series.
Amol is currently seen as Nirav Chhabra in The Zoom Studio’s web series Ready 2 Mingle. Nirav wears a cheerleader’s dress and performs a cheer-leading gig as well in an episode. He also put a piece of lingerie on his face as a mask and pretended to be a superhero.
“All these scenes where I am wearing or dealing with women’s clothes are written as a part of the narrative, and do not just exist as gimmicks. When I read those scenes, I found them cute and didn’t have any second thoughts about doing them,” Amol said in a statement.
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“There is a misplaced notion of masculinity that leads to discomfort in these situations. Thankfully, I have no such qualms. I know that my sexuality, or masculinity for that matter, is not and cannot be defined by what I wear on screen. Wearing a piece of lingerie on my head, or getting into a cheerleader’s costume may be unfamiliar to me but it is not uncomfortable.