Published 22:16 IST, November 6th 2019
Bhumi Pednekar: The star opens up on staying comfortable in one's skin
Bhumi Pednekar plays a dark-skinned woman in the upcoming Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Bala. Read about what she had to say on accepting oneself. Know more
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While Ayushmann Khurrana is seen battling with premature balding in his upcoming release Bala, Bhumi Pednekar will be seen combating societal r coming her way in movie as she plays a dark-skinned girl. Bhumi, who has played different s of roles in her past films like Dum Laga Ke Haisha and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, once again has picked up baton to spre yet ar social mess with Bala.
Bhumi opens up about flaws and why she chose to work for Bala:
In an interview, Bala actor shared her experience saying that from her first movie itself she decided to be part of movies that are entertaining and fun. movie should be fun and quirky so that it takes audiences through a journey full of emotions. She furr ded that movie should also leave audiences with thoughts and that is reason she opted for Bala. She mentioned that character she portrays in movie deals with colour bias which exists in country.
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Bhumi furr shared that her upcoming movie is trying to give a strong social mess that self-respect and self-love are two extremely important things in a judgemental and myopic visioned society. She ded that her character is a dark-skinned but an extremely beautiful girl. She furr ded that character is very confident and perfect in every way. But society and people around make her feel she is t complete due to lack of awareness in society.
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Bhumi furr opened up about her character Latika from movie Bala and said she is making efforts to change mindset of people about conventional beauty. character Latika in film is an orphan and lives with her aunt. Latika is a very open-minded person and very confident girl that always has her defences up. actor went on saying that why she opted for such a character was that people in country always associate ugly with something dark. This is one thing film will try and demolish.
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Bhumi Pednekar will be seen starring opposite Ayushmann Khurrana and Yami Gautam in movie. movie is all set to hit atres on vember 7, 2019. movie is based on social issue of premature balding. movie is directed by Amar Kaushik.
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16:10 IST, November 6th 2019