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Jyotika known for her versatility and impactful roles, made her Bollywood in 1998 with Akshaye Khanna starrer Doli Saja Ke Rakhna. However, she was not seen in Hindi projects while doing great characters in Kollywood until last year when she made a comeback with Shaitaan followed by Srikanth.
The actress will be next seen in Netflix’s Dabba Cartel costarring Shabana Azmi, Gajraj Rao, Nimisha Sajayan, Shalini Pandey, Anjali Anand, Sai Tamhankar, Jisshu Sengupta, Lillete Dubey, Bhupendra Singh Jadawat.
Jyotika, who is married to Kollywood superstar and producer Suriya, recently opened up about facing ‘casual sexism’ in the film industry despite working for a long time.
“It seems like an everyday thing. I’m married to a superstar, so I face it every now and then, to this day. I see it happening even during interviews. If I say that I feel lucky to have married Suriya, people say that he’s a really nice guy. But if he says that he feels lucky to have married a nice woman, it suddenly becomes something like, ‘Suriya is such a nice guy for thinking about his wife.’ You experience casual sexism even when it comes to materialistic things. I may buy a car, but someone else is expected to press the button and check the features,” said Jyotika while talking to News18.
“It’s now a part of daily life. Sometimes, it reaches a level where you may have an identity crisis. A woman’s search for her identity also nudges her to make a lot of decisions and choices on her own. That’s also how I chose my career path,” she added.
After dating for a few years, Suriya and Jyotika tied the knot in 2006. The couple is blessed with two children Diya and Dev.