Vidya Balan who is known to break stereotypes on and off screen, herself faced a lot of criticism for her body type after the film, Dirty Picture. The actress recently talked about eave-teasing, and body shaming by rehashed version of classic songs.
Vidya in the video can be seen singing songs with new lyrics that slowly turn sad and chill worthy, as she talks about how shaming someone for who they are can lead to hurting someone’s feeling, and their way of life.
Balan in the speech breaks down as she talks about jokes made targeting someone’s body eyes, height, skin tone and more as it leaves an unforeseeable impact on someone’s life. In the end she throws away the dupatta covering her sleeveless blouse to reveal a confident self in her black and white striped sari.
The video quickly went viral online and cant couldn’t help but praise the actress for getting the message across right. A viewer wrote, “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.”
