Parineeti Chopra Raises A Query On The Indian Dowry System

Nalini Suri |Aug 05, 2019

Besides Jabariya Jodi, starlet Parineeti Chopra collects 2 main films into her entertainment pocket including Saina Nehwal’s biopic and “The Girl On The Train” Hindi remake.

Since 1961, the dowry is illegal in India but it still stays popular and is considered as a “gift”, which leaves Parineeti Chopra shocked. She complained

Parineeti said to IANS during the promotion of her upcoming film Jabariya Jodi:

The dowry causes another direct menace of seizing appropriate bachelors and mostly forcing them to commit a marriage at gunpoint. This forced marriage as a crime is exuberant for several years in Bihar. That “pakadwa vivah” crime occurs when the groom’s family requests a colossal dowry.

The actress’s film Jabariya Jodi performs the concept of such forced marriage slightly. From the film, Parineeti raised her voice about the issue: