{"id":257693,"date":"2026-01-29T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257693\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:00:12","slug":"rani-mukerji-says-wives-should-raise-their-voices-at-husbands-internet-asks-cant-we-just-talk-about-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257693\/","title":{"rendered":"Rani Mukerji says \u2018wives should raise their voices at husbands\u2019; internet asks ‘can’t we just talk about peace’"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent interview, actor Rani Mukerji <\/a>weighed in on household dynamics and gender roles, remarking that wives should raise their voices while speaking to their husbands. The comment has since triggered a wave of backlash online, with several social media users criticising the actor for normalising shouting within a relationship. <\/p>\n

\"AtAt the moment, Rani Mukerji is looking forward to the release of Mardaani 3. (PTI)Rani Mukerji\u2019s remarks get flak<\/p>\n

During a conversation with Bollywood Hungama<\/a>, Rani spoke about the importance of gender dynamics at home.<\/p>\n

Talking about how a boy\u2019s behaviour is shaped by the way his father treats his mother, Rani said, \u201cI think respect starts at home. Very easily, when you see your mother being ill-treated, it empowers boys to think that if my mother can be treated like this, every other girl can be treated the same way. I think fathers need to be responsible for how they treat their wives at home, because that\u2019s what a boy grows up seeing. If your mother is treated well, if she\u2019s given respect, boys will understand that women are supposed to be given that respect and that darja in society.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cSo it all starts at home. Even a small thing like a father raising his voice at the mother shouldn\u2019t happen. You know, the mother should raise her voice at the father, that\u2019s how it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rani went on to recall an incident from her school days, sharing that she once slapped a boy, before jokingly referencing her husband, filmmaker-producer Aditya Chopra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly one boy I slapped, and the rest of the boys were my friends. And just don\u2019t go and ask my husband what happens to him every day at home,\u201d Rani said.<\/p>\n

However, Rani\u2019s remarks did not sit well with a section of social media users. Many took to platforms such as Reddit and Instagram to voice their disagreement, questioning her perspective.<\/p>\n

One wrote, \u201cI think she tries to be funny, but she doesn\u2019t realise that she is NOT\u201d, with another mentioning, \u201cShe laughs and insists she made a great point.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of behaviour is this? I honestly don\u2019t understand why no one ever calls her out. Just because she\u2019s from an older generation doesn\u2019t mean she can say anything she wants,\u201d one mentioned. One wrote, \u201cWe talked about this Rani. Not again!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would anyone raise voice against anyone? Can’t we just talk about peace and having gentle conversation,\u201d one wrote. Another shared, \u201cNormalising shouting in a relationship\u2014no matter who does it\u2014is a strange hill to die on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rani\u2019s next project<\/p>\n

At the moment, Rani is looking forward to the release of Mardaani <\/a>3. It centres on the life of Rani’s cop (Shivani Shivaji Roy), who strives to curb crime in her city, especially against women. Written by Aayush Gupta, directed by Abhiraj Minwala, and produced by Aditya Chopra, the third instalment of the Mardaani franchise is scheduled to hit theatres on January 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a recent interview, actor Rani Mukerji weighed in on household dynamics and gender roles, remarking that wives…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,148447,47730,111,139,69,32282,148449,148448,58262],"class_list":["post-257693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-gender-roles","tag-mardaani-3","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rani-mukerji","tag-rani-mukerji-aditya-chopra","tag-relationship-dynamics","tag-social-media-backlash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}