Ayesha Khan says it became a ‘national joke’ after she shared that she shot Dhurandhar song Shararat during her period

What Ayesha said

Ayesha was speaking at the We the Women event, where she spoke about the issue. She said, “It’s unfortunate that whatever you do or say these days, everything is a joke, dark humour, and fun. It’s a good thing that you can laugh about everything. But to laugh at anything and everything isn’t exactly fun. It was a normal interview and I did not evenr realise the fact while sharing it because for me it was not a big deal and it’s so normal for me. Every month, we go through this cycle. We do so many things when we’re on periods.”

‘We really need to educate our sons, brothers’

She added that after a week since the interview (which she gave to Pinkvilla), she saw a bunch of memes and jokes on her period comment. Ayesha said, “I was like, ‘Oh! Me being on periods had suddenly become a national joke? We really need to educate our sons. We really need to educate our brothers. I’m sure the jokes were from men. It was really bad, I read jokes like, ’Peak detailing by Aditya Dhar’ and things like that, on my periods! Was I embarrassed? No. I’m a proud woman. I was really, really proud of whatever I did while being on periods. You wouldn’t be able to do that without being on periods. I did that on my periods!”

About the song

The song is set during a wedding celebration in the Ranveer Singh-starrer, with the two actors portraying wedding dancers at a posh Karachi wedding. The song is composed by Sashwat Sachdev and sung by Madhubanti Bagchi and Jasmine Sandlas. Vijay Ganguly has choreographed the track.