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In an industry where most women are simply treated as arm candy, Vidya Balan imparts a certain dignity to her work.
Vidya Balan
In a male-dominated world, where the success of a movie depending on the female protagonist is quite limited, Vidya Balan has done the unthinkable.
She started with playing a de-glam role in the serial Hum Paanch and came back with a bang with Parineeta. Vidya Balan was often criticized, whether it was for her age, fashion sense or her weight.
Her acting talent shone in several of her films such as Paa, Ishqiya and No One Killed Jessica among many others. After a period of being labelled as “fat” Vidya sizzled on screen in the movie The Dirty Picture, for which she also put on 12 kgs. She openly challenged the industry so plagued with the notion of a size zero and garnered a huge fan following. Not only men, but women too were in awe of her courage and stopped blindly following the thin-is-in fad.
Her succeeding movie Kahaani was also a big hit. Vidya Balan has won several prestigious awards for her roles including the National Award for Best Actress.
Why we find her inspiring:
– For her bold and skilful portrayal of challenging characters
– For changing the narrow-minded perception that people have of heroines and proving that acting goes beyond just looking pretty
*Photo source: glamsham.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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