Bhakshak made me question my numbness, says Bhumi Pednekar
Some stories are difficult to move on from, believes actress Bhumi Pednekar, who, as an investigative journalist, uncovers the sexual abuse of young children at a shelter home in her new film, Bhakshak. Bhumi said she questioned her own reaction to headlines describing instances of abuse while working on the movie that is inspired by true events.
“I don’t think I’ll ever be able to move on from Bhakshak because it is about something that is actually happening with children in the society. This is not specific to one area of India, this could be happening anywhere around us. It’s overwhelming, it angers you and it also gets you to question what you are doing about it,” she said. “I really hope impacts the audiences, where you kind of question your decisions. It made me question my empathy and how I had become so numb towards somebody else’s pain,” she added. The Netflix film, which started streaming from Friday, is backed by superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s banner Red Chillies Entertainment. Bhumi plays Vaishali Singh, a local reporter in Bihar, who tries to expose the cases of sexual abuse at a girl’s shelter home.
