Bhumi Pednekar on Thank You For Coming: Proud to have started conversation about female pleasure

Bhumi Pednekar talks about her latest film Thank You For Coming

Bollywood star Bhumi Pednekar has been hailed by everyone for her performance in Thank You For Coming (TYFC), a film that focuses on the taboo subject of female pleasure in our country.

Bhumi's plays a 32-year-old girl in the coming-of-age film who realises self-pleasure is the key to satisfying one's sexual urge instead of believing in the idea of waiting for the perfect man who could liberate her sexually.

Bhumi says, "I'm proud that TYFC has started an important conversation about female pleasure which somehow seems to be an extremely taboo topic in India. I'm happy that the film and my performance have got unanimously positive reviews and people across genders are giving it so much love."

Bhumi has always been the first of her generation to lend her voice to important issues regarding women and highlight them through cinema.

She says, "As an actor, I have tried to lend my voice to important social topics for women, like how a girl has the right to be happy in her body type in Dum Laga Ke Haisha, the right for a woman to demand proper toilets within her home in Toilet : Ek Prem Katha, the need for society to treat women and gender equally in projects like Lust Stories, Badhaai Do that speaks about the relevant rights of the LGBTQIA+ community and empowers them."

She adds, "Now in TYFC, I'm trying to be vocal about a girl's right and the need for self-pleasure. All these are extremely relevant issues for girls in India and I'm glad I have been able to be a vehicle to channelise this subject to people across my country. Hopefully, we will have these conversations more openly and constructively."

'Thank You For Coming' revolves around five friends and their tryst with the concept of female sexual pleasure. Besides Bhumi, the film also stars Shehnaaz Gill, Kusha Kapila, Dolly Singh and Shibani Bedi. Actors Anil Kapoor and Karan Kundrra have a special appearance in the film.

On receiving an overwhelming response over her role, Bhumi said, "The fact that I have been compared to all-time acting greats like Carole Lombard and Goldie Hawn by the media for my performance in Thank You For Coming is a hugely gratifying validation that will forever be special for me. I can't believe that people are saying that I have delivered a performance of a lifetime. I'm still pinching myself reading all the love coming my way and I'm very happy about it."