Mumbai: Actress Bhumi Pednekar says female characters are whitewashed in cinema and there is a need to change the depiction of genders. Bhumi Pednekar who is one of the most vocal actresses of Bollywood, lists down the shifts that she would like to see in the Hindi film industry. “For starters, we need to change the depiction of the genders. We need to change how we show women and men. Women are not supposed to be whitewashed — we have desires, we have ambition, we have physical needs and emotions, and we can balance. I believe women have superpowers, and I think we need to see a lot more of that in our cinema,” she said. The actress adds, “Qe must alter the way men are shown in films… This narrative—‘mard ko dard nahi hota’ or ‘a man doesn’t hurt’—this needs to change.”