Actress Vidya Balan has addressed the issue of body shaming via a video, and called out people for passing derogatory remarks on others' body type.
"Kabhi tu moti kehta hai, kabhi tu choti kehta hai.... " Vidya says in a video, with a certain confidence and weight in her voice.
She highlights the discriminatory comments and jokes made at people regarding their looks.
"Dont make jokes on someone's size, colour. Everyone is different...that's why everyone is special," Vidya said in the video, which is part of an initiative for her radio show "Dhun Badal Ke Toh Dekho" which airs on Big 92.7 FM.
Vidya had uploaded the video on Instagram a few days ago. Dressed in a black sari and messed up make-up, Vidya even broke down while talking about the issue.
She captioned it: "Most of us are potential victims of 'body shaming' - the widespread phenomenon of receiving cruel feedback when our bodies don't meet the unrealistic beauty standards of our time. Here's my take on body shaming."
Don't judge anyone with the shape of their body nothing’s wrong with anyone’s body, but with the minds of the people who body shame. Please watch this inspirational video by Vidya Balan. #DhunBadalKeTohDekho https://t.co/DiuS5hcxsr pic.twitter.com/PPk8j2EMjh
— Swa (@Swathi_Rocks243) May 29, 2019
This is not the first time that "The Dirty Picture" actress opened up about body shaming.
Earlier, she had said: "In my early days, even before I entered the film industry, people said various discouraging things about me, they called me 'moti' and I faced body shaming. It really affects our confidence. Physical fitness shouldn't be achieving an unrealistic goal to look in a certain way and thinking that is beautiful."
Kisi ke self-confidence ke saath mazak kyun karna? #DhunBadalKeTohDekho We see this happening every day but choose to ignore, not anymore. Let's stand for ourselves. https://t.co/jky5gaKmHI
— Anushka (@Anushkaz11) May 29, 2019
On the work front, Vidya will next be seen in "Mission Mangal" along with Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Taapsee Pannu.
Such a nice and heart touching video 👏👏#VidyaBalan#DhunBadalKeTohDekho
— Mansha Saleem (@ManshaSaleem2) May 29, 2019
Inspirational video by @vidya_balan is changing the opinion of people for body shaming .This is a great step forward... i am glad that somebody is working on it #DhunBadalKeTohDekho pic.twitter.com/Xq1srYyvkL
— Roshan (@Roshan0921) May 29, 2019
To everyone who hasn’t learnt from their mistakes, please watch this video. Vidya Balan’s perspective on body shaming is such an eye-opener.#DhunBadalKeTohDekho https://t.co/1ANpeiQr4N pic.twitter.com/1dDl7TCfo4
— Demon™ (@DemonsHead_) May 29, 2019
Vidya Balan is doing such a great job for giving confidence to people like us, who thinks that they are the worst... Thank you Vidya ji... #DhunBadalKeTohDekho https://t.co/v17nHpfO3f pic.twitter.com/pimJyxHaZZ
— बेनाम (@TuTeraDekhNa) May 29, 2019
This deserves to be shared, posted, on each and every platform of digital media. This video speaks volume. Thank you @vidya_balan for speaking up. #DhunBadalKeTohDekho https://t.co/V8wpiHVzuS
— Grumpy टमाटर (@0lv3J_tam3tu) May 29, 2019