Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, who is one of the most successful actresses in India, has recently shared her journey towards self-acceptance.
Balan’s most recent article about accepting and appreciating oneself was posted on her Instagram official account where she wrote and recalled a recent interaction with a fan. Balan shared how a chance encounter with a young fan made her reassess how she views her body.
Sharing two mirror selfies that feature both her face profiles, Vidya wrote, “A few days ago, at an event this pretty girl comes up to me for a pic. There was a crowd and I was trying to do as many pics as possible. People were jostling and in the middle of this chaos,the girl was back for another pic. My manager (who is very sharp) promptly told her, ‘Aapne toh le liya…plz aur nahi’. To which she said, ‘Galat side se liya,main achchi nahi lag rahi ,yeh post nahi kar paungi’.
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Refusing to give up, the fan followed Vidya Balan for the perfect selfie. “She was miserable and followed me to the car relentless in her pursuit to get the perfect picture ..almost making it sound like her life depended on it…I obliged …I then got into the car bemused…and it made me think.”
“You know I’ve always preferred my left profile over my right…but overtime as I started on this journey of trying to love and accept myself a little more each day, I realised that liking one profile meant liking one part of me to the exclusion of the otherbe,” Vidya wrote. “[Be]cause the truth is that I not only liked my left but also disliked my right profile. I would tell photographers and cinematographers to avoid shooting me from the right…I would be scared if someone shot me from the right cuz I thought it was my ugly side.It was almost like the fear of being found out,” she posted.
For Balan, now things are different and the actress has ‘growing acceptance and love for every part of herself and all of her. Vidya confessed, “I don’t care where I’m being shot from. I’m no longer scared of anyone seeing that side of me. Truth be told,today not only do i like my right profile, I actually love it… and not because my right profile changed but because i realised it’s never going to. What changed is the way I looked at myself and that changed how I see myself.”
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Breaking the stereotypes of the set standards by society, Vidya Balan has been a changemaker on and off the screen with her fierceful personality. On the work front, Vidya Balan will be seen in an upcoming film ‘Neeyat’, a suspense thriller movie.
The film is an Amazon Prime Video co-production and has been directed by Anu Menon. Besides Balan, the cast comprises Ram Kapoor, Rahul Bose, Mita Vasishth, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami, Amrita Puri, Dipannita Sharma, Shashank Arora, Prajakta Koli, and Danesh Razvi.
