Rinku Rajguru: “I Was Moved But The Intensity Of The Reality On How Dalit Women Are Brutalised Every Day…”

‘Sairat’ fame actress Rinku Rajguru who is playing a pivotal role in the upcoming film ‘200 Halla Ho’ says that unless the new generation starts creating awareness and protests against the age-old brutality on the Dalit community, especially on women, change will not come. She feels cinema and constant conversation could be the agent of change in the matter.

Rinku told IANS: “I think the first time when Sarthak sir (director of the film) narrated the story, I was moved but the intensity of the reality on how Dalit women are brutalised every day, and no one even raises a voice against the crime thinking, ‘ye log to hai hi Dalit, neech jaat, iske saath to galat kaam chalta hai’. As a youngster, my blood just boiled! How? Like how could it happen, Dalit girls get raped in daylight and no one even bothers to talk about it! Rape is a crime but here, it is projected as if being Dalit is a crime so society will treat you like this and you have to deal with it. I say, why?”

The 20-year-old actress Rinku Rajguru took a pause and expressed her anger. Then she went on adding, “I hope, once the film releases and everyone watches this, the real victims, instead of feeling victimised, should protest and ask for justice. Unless we create awareness, this age-old brutality based on gender and caste will never be stopped.”