While advertising ‘The Dity Picture,’ Vidhya Balan was reportedly known as ‘broad’. Replying to the exact same, the actress mentioned, “It’s my body, I love my body. It doesn’t matter what people say. Different people will have different things to say.”
During a media interaction in 2017, a reporter asked the Padma Shree Award-winning actress, “We have mostly seen you in women-centric movies, so will you continue to appear in such women-centric roles or have you thought about losing your weight?”
Hitting back at the reporter for implying that she wasn’t match for glamorous roles, Vidya mentioned, “I’m very happy doing the kind of work I am. It would be really great if you people could change your mentality.”
In 2019, shared a video of herself addressing body shaming.
In the video, the actress can be observed singing songs with new lyrics that gradually turn sad and chill worthy, as she talks about how shaming somebody 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 produced targeting someone’s body eyes, height, skin tone and more as it leaves an unforeseeable effect on someone’s life. In the finish she throws away the dupatta covering her sleeveless blouse to reveal a confident self in her black and white striped sari.