I HAD STARTED TO FEEL SMALL IN MY BIGNESS

At the 54th IFFI, Vidya Balan said that her 'size never mattered' when she faced the camera, and why one's body must be 'honoured at all costs'

- Monika Rawal Kukreja

Be it the characters she has played or the body issues she has faced, actor Vidya Balan has shattered stereotypes in more ways than one. Speaking to actor-politician Vani Tripathi Tikoo during a masterclass on Women and the Glass Ceiling at the 54th IFFI in Goa, Balan said, "I had realised I was only sending hate towards my body. I was constantly telling it, 'You are not what I want you to be". I had started to feel small in my bigness, and that's ridiculous. It was almost like I was cowering. And I was constantly falling sick. I s