<p>Priyanka Chopra rarely disappoints us with her sartorial choices.<br />
<br />
The global star, who is all set to make her debut in the iconic Matrix franchise, recently attended the San Francisco premiere of The Matrix Resurrections.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
For an event, PC looked nothing short of a boss lady in a shiny off-shoulder gown by Halpern. The 39-year-old actress made heads turn with her dazzling look in a shimmery off-shoulder gown featuring futuristic details in&nbsp;multiple shades.<br />
<br />
Priyanka's attire also features an orange coloured fan-shaped addition in the front.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/from-spider-man-no-way-home-to-matrix-4-big-december-releases-you-cannot-miss-432729">From 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' to 'Matrix 4': Big December releases you cannot miss</a><br />
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Chopra paired her thigh-high slit dress with a pair of pointed-toe pumps that coordinated perfectly with her dress. Chopra, who will be seen playing the grown-up avatar of Sati also paid a small tribute to her character from her dress. The movie star accessorized her look with a stunning earring and a couple of rings and her double-winged eyeliner was just perfect.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
Sharing photos of her in the stunning outfit, Chopra wrote, ''What a night! The Matrix premiere! Also @luxurylaw brought it! The colors of my dress are an ode to my character in the film, Sati. I can’t wait for all of you to meet her!!''<br />
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''So proud of this cast and crew. What an honour. Thank you Lana,'' she added.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The cast is back together 18 years after the third film and features returning Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss to reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity respectively, Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe, with new additions including Jonathan Groff, Priyanka, Christina Ricci and Jessica Yu Li Henwick.<br />
The movie was co-written, directed and produced by Lana Wachowski, who co-directed and co-wrote the three previous films with her sister Lilly Wachowski.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The first 'Matrix' movie hit the big screens in 1999 and instantly became a phenomenon. A sequel titled 'The Matrix Reloaded' and the third instalment 'The Matrix Revolutions', later followed. The franchise follows Reeves' character Neo and a series of heroes as they fight against machine overlords who have imprisoned human beings in an ultra-realistic virtual reality.&nbsp;<br />
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The fourth film of the franchise, 'The Matrix Resurrection' is scheduled to release in India on December 22.&nbsp;</p>


Priyanka Chopra rarely disappoints us with her sartorial choices. The global star, who is all set to make her debut in the iconic Matrix franchise, recently attended the San Francisco premiere of The Matrix Resurrections.

Priyanka Chopra rarely disappoints us with her sartorial choices. The global star, who is all set to make her debut in the iconic Matrix franchise, recently attended the San Francisco premiere of The Matrix Resurrections. For an event, PC looked nothing short of a boss lady in a shiny off-shoulder gown by Halpern. The 39-year-old actress made heads turn with her dazzling look in a shimmery off-shoulder gown featuring futuristic details in multiple shades. Priyanka's attire also features an orange coloured fan-shaped addition in the front. From 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' to 'Matrix 4': Big December releases you cannot miss Chopra paired her thigh-high slit dress with a pair of pointed-toe pumps that coordinated perfectly with her dress. Chopra, who will be seen playing the grown-up avatar of Sati also paid a small tribute to her character from her dress. The movie star accessorized her look with a stunning earring and a couple of rings and her double-winged eyeliner was just perfect. Sharing photos of her in the stunning outfit, Chopra wrote, ''What a night! The Matrix premiere! Also @luxurylaw brought it! The colors of my dress are an ode to my character in the film, Sati. I can’t wait for all of you to meet her!!'' ''So proud of this cast and crew. What an honour. Thank you Lana,'' she added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Priyanka (@priyankachopra) × The cast is back together 18 years after the third film and features returning Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss to reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity respectively, Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe, with new additions including Jonathan Groff, Priyanka, Christina Ricci and Jessica Yu Li Henwick. The movie was co-written, directed and produced by Lana Wachowski, who co-directed and co-wrote the three previous films with her sister Lilly Wachowski. Priyanka Chopra Jonas is Sati. pic.twitter.com/OdEZ6f4hek — The Matrix Resurrections – 🚫 Spoilers! (@TheMatrixMovie) December 19, 2021 × Carrie-Anne Moss is Trinity. pic.twitter.com/jyZMdMaePw — The Matrix Resurrections – 🚫 Spoilers! (@TheMatrixMovie) December 19, 2021 × The first 'Matrix' movie hit the big screens in 1999 and instantly became a phenomenon. A sequel titled 'The Matrix Reloaded' and the third instalment 'The Matrix Revolutions', later followed. The franchise follows Reeves' character Neo and a series of heroes as they fight against machine overlords who have imprisoned human beings in an ultra-realistic virtual reality. The fourth film of the franchise, 'The Matrix Resurrection' is scheduled to release in India on December 22.

Priyanka Chopra's 'Matrix Resurrections' premiere gown is an ode to her character Sati

December 4 in History: Abolition of Sati, first Sunday newspaper, and more

<p>There seems to be no respite for Sanjay Leela Bhansali&#39;s Padmaavat. Even though the film has managed to release in most parts of the country on January 25th, the film is being called out for its regressive content. Many have felt Bhansali, despite giving a disclaimer in the beginning, glorifies the archaic practice of Jauhar. Critics, thinkers and writers have also condemned the director for glamourizing the climax making the Jauhar scene look larger than life.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Actress Swara Bhaskar, who is known to speak her mind on pertinent&nbsp;issues, is the latest to call out Bhansali&#39;s regressive script. In an open letter for a&nbsp;news website, Bhaskar condemned Bhansali for&nbsp;glorifying&nbsp;Jauhar&nbsp;in his film.</p>

<p>Beginning by&nbsp;congratulating Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the film, Swara Bhaskar wrote that how she has batted for him and his film and spoken on the importance of artistic freedom. Bhaskar wrote that she had worked with Bhansali in a small role in&nbsp;<em>Guzaarish</em>, and how she had observed the director&#39;s precision over minutest details.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/opinion-how-sanjay-leela-bhansali-plays-to-the-gallery-with-padmaavat-30890">Also read: How Sanjay Leela Bhansali plays to the gallery with Padmaavat</a></p>

<p>Attaching&nbsp;a video of her speaking in favour of Padmaavat, Swara reminded&nbsp;Bhansali how she always took a stand for him.</p>

<p>But the actress said that after watching Padmaavat,&nbsp;she felt she was reduced to a vagina. Swara wrote, &quot;I felt reduced to a vagina&ndash;only. I felt like all the &lsquo;minor&rsquo; achievements that women and women&rsquo;s movements have made over the years&ndash; like the right to vote, the right to own property, the right to education, equal pay for equal work, maternity leave, the Vishakha judgement, the right to adopt children&hellip;&hellip; all of it was pointless; because we were back to basics.&quot;</p>

<p>Swara said that a woman had the right to live despite being raped, despite being widowed. &quot;Surely Sir, you agree that&nbsp;<em>Sati</em>, and&nbsp;<em>Jauhar</em>&nbsp;are not practices to be glorified. Surely, you agree that notwithstanding whatever archaic idea of honour, sacrifice, purity propels women and men to participate in and condone such practices; that basically&nbsp;<em>Sati&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>Jauhar,</em>&nbsp;like the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Honour Killings, are steeped in deeply patriarchal, misogynist and problematic ideas,&quot; the actress wrote.</p>

<p>She further wrote that she understands that the movie is a period film and set in the 13th century where it was normal of a woman to commit Sati or Jauhar than being touched by another man who is not her husband, but it did not mean that it had to be projected in the way Bhansali did in his film. &quot;I understand that&nbsp;<em>Jauhar</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Sati&nbsp;</em>are a part of our social history. These happened. I understand that they are sensational, shocking dramatic occurrences that lend themselves to splendid, stark and stunning visual representation; especially in the hands of a consummate maker like yourself &mdash; but then so were the lynchings of blacks by murderous white mobs in the 19th&nbsp;century in the US &ndash; sensational, shocking dramatic social occurrences. Does that mean one should make a film about it with no perspective on racism? Or, without a comment on racial hatred? Worse, should one make a film glorifying lynchings as a sign of some warped notion of hot-bloodedness, purity, bravery &ndash; I don&rsquo;t know, I have no idea how possibly one could glorify such a heinous hate crime,&quot; Swara wrote.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/padmaavat-review-ranveer-singh-shines-in-bhansalis-visually-grand-historical-saga-30568">Read Padmaava review here</a></p>

<p>Bhaskar said that despite the story being based in the 13th century, the film had 21st-century context and that glorifying a mass suicide in order to protect one&#39;s honour was not the most accurate way of telling the story. &quot;The&nbsp;<em>context&nbsp;</em>of your film is India in the 21st&nbsp;century; where five years ago, a girl was gang-raped brutally in the country&rsquo;s capital inside a moving bus. She didn&rsquo;t commit suicide because her honour had been desecrated, Sir. She fought her six rapists.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Bhaskar also wrote that how a disclaimer at the beginning of the movie made no sense when the entire film was about Rajput and the community&#39;s attempt at&nbsp;saving honour that was more important than the right to live. &quot;In the climax, breathtakingly shot of course &ndash; hundreds of women bedecked in red like Goddess Durga as bride rushed into the&nbsp;<em>Jauhar&nbsp;</em>fire while a raving Muslim psychopathic villain loomed over them and a pulsating musical track &ndash; that had the power of an anthem; seduced the audience into being awestruck and admiring of this act. Sir, if this is not glorification and support of&nbsp;<em>Sati&nbsp;</em>and<em>Jauhar</em>, I really do not know what is,&quot;the letter further added.&nbsp;</p>


Swara Bhaskar called out Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the glorification of Sati and Jauhar in his film

There seems to be no respite for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat. Even though the film has managed to release in most parts of the country on January 25th, the film is being called out for its regressive content. Many have felt Bhansali, despite giving a disclaimer in the beginning, glorifies the archaic practice of Jauhar. Critics, thinkers and writers have also condemned the director for glamourizing the climax making the Jauhar scene look larger than life. Actress Swara Bhaskar, who is known to speak her mind on pertinent issues, is the latest to call out Bhansali's regressive script. In an open letter for a news website, Bhaskar condemned Bhansali for glorifying Jauhar in his film. Beginning by congratulating Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the film, Swara Bhaskar wrote that how she has batted for him and his film and spoken on the importance of artistic freedom. Bhaskar wrote that she had worked with Bhansali in a small role in Guzaarish, and how she had observed the director's precision over minutest details. Also read: How Sanjay Leela Bhansali plays to the gallery with Padmaavat Attaching a video of her speaking in favour of Padmaavat, Swara reminded Bhansali how she always took a stand for him. But the actress said that after watching Padmaavat, she felt she was reduced to a vagina. Swara wrote, "I felt reduced to a vagina–only. I felt like all the ‘minor’ achievements that women and women’s movements have made over the years– like the right to vote, the right to own property, the right to education, equal pay for equal work, maternity leave, the Vishakha judgement, the right to adopt children…… all of it was pointless; because we were back to basics." Swara said that a woman had the right to live despite being raped, despite being widowed. "Surely Sir, you agree that Sati, and Jauhar are not practices to be glorified. Surely, you agree that notwithstanding whatever archaic idea of honour, sacrifice, purity propels women and men to participate in and condone such practices; that basically Sati and Jauhar, like the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Honour Killings, are steeped in deeply patriarchal, misogynist and problematic ideas," the actress wrote. She further wrote that she understands that the movie is a period film and set in the 13th century where it was normal of a woman to commit Sati or Jauhar than being touched by another man who is not her husband, but it did not mean that it had to be projected in the way Bhansali did in his film. "I understand that Jauhar and Sati are a part of our social history. These happened. I understand that they are sensational, shocking dramatic occurrences that lend themselves to splendid, stark and stunning visual representation; especially in the hands of a consummate maker like yourself — but then so were the lynchings of blacks by murderous white mobs in the 19th century in the US – sensational, shocking dramatic social occurrences. Does that mean one should make a film about it with no perspective on racism? Or, without a comment on racial hatred? Worse, should one make a film glorifying lynchings as a sign of some warped notion of hot-bloodedness, purity, bravery – I don’t know, I have no idea how possibly one could glorify such a heinous hate crime," Swara wrote. Read Padmaava review here Bhaskar said that despite the story being based in the 13th century, the film had 21st-century context and that glorifying a mass suicide in order to protect one's honour was not the most accurate way of telling the story. "The context of your film is India in the 21st century; where five years ago, a girl was gang-raped brutally in the country’s capital inside a moving bus. She didn’t commit suicide because her honour had been desecrated, Sir. She fought her six rapists. Bhaskar also wrote that how a disclaimer at the beginning of the movie made no sense when the entire film was about Rajput and the community's attempt at saving honour that was more important than the right to live. "In the climax, breathtakingly shot of course – hundreds of women bedecked in red like Goddess Durga as bride rushed into the Jauhar fire while a raving Muslim psychopathic villain loomed over them and a pulsating musical track – that had the power of an anthem; seduced the audience into being awestruck and admiring of this act. Sir, if this is not glorification and support of Sati andJauhar, I really do not know what is,"the letter further added.

Swara Bhaskar felt 'reduced to vagina' after watching 'Padmaavat'

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