Preeti Simoes on Headlines Calling Her Kapil Sharma's Ex-Girlfriend

Preeti Simoes is a TV producer who helped create two very popular comedy shows.

One of those shows starred a famous comedian named Kapil Sharma, and the two used to date for a long time.

After they broke up, news headlines kept calling her 'Kapil Sharma's ex-girlfriend.'

Preeti says this made her sad and frustrated because the headlines never talked about her work.

She thinks some media people use famous names to make readers click on their stories.

She also says women are treated unfairly, because one bad photograph or one quote taken out of context can hurt a woman's reputation forever.

Men, she says, do not have to protect their character in the same way.

That is why she sometimes chose to stay quiet instead of reacting to nasty reports.

She believes the change must come from both the media and from women themselves.

Most of all, she wants to be known for her work, not for who she dated.