Ankita Lokhande Breaks Gender Stereotypes By Carrying Father Shashikant Lokhande’s Bier, Watch

Ankita broke gender stereotypes as she carried the bier of her late father. As per religious beliefs, a son is expected to carry the bier, however, if someone does not have a son, the daughter takes tge responsibility of performing the last rites. However, in Ankita’s scenario, she has two brothers, but she chose to go against the societal norms.

Although the actress initially maintained her composure but she couldn’t hold back her tears and broke down while carrying her late father’s bier. She was very close to her Dad and she confessed the same on her Father’s Day post. Ankita captioned her post as, “Happy Father’s Day to my first hero my daddy. I can’t express my true feelings what I feel for u but I love u bahut sara ..

i hv seen u struggling for many things when I was a child but u made sure that your children doesn’t .. u always gave me my wings to fly and made me do whatever I wanted to become .. I’m what I’m it’s all your support and strength.. I remember when I started my journey in mumbai and sometimes when I had no rent to pay..