Chitra Vakil Sharma opines, ‘Gender is fluid, according to me’!

Earlier there was a lot of stigma around men’s makeup and grooming. People generally used to avoid talking about it. Agreeing on the same, producer #ChitraVakilSharma is happy that the outlook is changing. She explains how she perceives all the talks and situation around grooming, and why she thinks grooming should be gender-neutral.

“Many of us love makeup so it’s never been a stigma, but yes it’s been a wow factor. Usually, people would wear makeup for various occasions; probably there were not so many brands of makeup artists. Early there was no academy, also very few people would endorse it as a career, however with changing time I must say even corporates have been conscious about their look and now like to wear day makeup as well,” says the co-producer of the web project Tandoor. She continues that the fashion and makeup industry have always been very attractive industry.

“Thanks to social media, YouTube, and influencers, basic makeup hacks are now easy to learn and now “bacche se lekar budhhe tak” talk about it. Also, men’s makeup is witnessing a massive boom world over. Thank God men are making videos and posting them because we need to change the way we think. Things should be simpler and progressive in times like these. Gender is fluid, according to me. A woman can wear a gown, and so can a man. Things should be that simple. And it is time we embrace change. Why make it a gender perspective? There will be a critic in every field,” she adds.

Chitra herself is not at all into makeup. “Though I enjoy seeing people wearing makeup, no matter, who you are, where you come from, you are beautiful is what I believe. I don’t do makeup so there is no regime that I follow. But yes I do have some advice. Don’t waste so much time worrying about your skin or weight. Develop what you do and what you put your hands on in the world,” she says.