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Jameela Jamil: Great to show our culture to the world Hollywood
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Jameela Jamil: Great to show our culture to the world

Los Angeles, March 27 (IANS) Actress Jameela Jamil feels it is important to portray girls as heroes on screen and says she would have benefited with such content while growing up.## The actress is glad that she is part of such a show -- Disney Junior animated series "Mira, Royal Detective". It is a mystery adventure show inspired by the cultures and customs of India.## "You can see a little Indian girl being the person who is the hero and the protagonist of the story. Also, it's so important for young south Asian women to see a character where the hero is the girl," said Jameela, whose roots trace back to India.## "She is not just the accomplice or the problem, instead she is the one solving everything, being independent and strong-minded and I think that's something. I really would have benefited with similar content from when I was growing up," added the actress, who has voiced the character of Aunt Pushpa in the show.## Explaining how the show has the power to change perceptions of children from diverse cultures, she said: "I think it's really amazing for children from other cultures to see our culture. We have been exposed in a wonderful way to American and English content, hence, it's great to show our culture to the world."## Set in the fictional land of Jalpur, it follows the life of Mira, a commoner who is appointed to the role of royal detective by the queen.## The series features an all-star cast of prominent South Asian actors including Jameela, Kal Penn, Freida Pinto, Hannah Simone, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aasif Mandvi and Aparna Nancherla amongst others. It introduced 16-year-old newcomer Leela Ladnier as the voice of Mira. The show airs in India on Disney Channel India.## For more and latest news about Hollywood, stay tuned with us.

Oprah would have never made it in the UK: Jameela Jamil Hollywood
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Oprah would have never made it in the UK: Jameela Jamil

London, March 19 (IANS) English actress-model-television personality Jameela Jamil feels chat show empress Oprah Winfrey would have "never made it" if she gave the calling a shot in the United Kingdom, because of the lack of diversity in the country's showbiz scene. ## Jamil, 34, said this was also the reason she herself shifted to the United states, in order to pursue a career in television. ## "We're still behind in giving women important jobs that lead to long standing, dignified careers, the rest of us either get pushed out or get pushed into being nothing more than sex objects, whether we want that or not. I remember coming to America five years ago and seeing (black US broadcaster) Robin Roberts hosting 'Good Morning America' and knowing that Oprah is a really big deal (in the US). Oprah would never have made it in the UK," Jamil said, opening up in an interview with Playboy magazine. ## "I couldn't believe that I was seeing women in their fifties and sixties of different races on the biggest shows on US television. That was a big moment," she added, about her first impression of the American entertainment industry, according to a report in dailymail.co.uk. ## Jamil claimed she had to fly off to the US because had she stayed on in the UK, she would be sent to the "glue factory". ## She left London for Los Angeles after a breast cancer scare. According to Daily Mail, Jamil initially had no plans of acting or facing the camera. She intended to work as a screenwriter in Hollywood. ## Before trekking Hollywood, Jamil started off as the host of a popular "T4" at the age of 23, and went on to become the host of "The Official Chart" on BBC Radio 1. She also co-hosted "The Official Chart Update" with Scott Mills on the channel. Jamil would be the first solo female presenter of the BBC Radio 1 chart show. ## For more and the latest news about Hollywood, stay tuned to us.