She grew up watching plus-sized women misrepresented on screen. She decided to change the story. Along came "Besharam Rang". 💃🏽
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00:00It's shot by my husband actually, it's not even professionally shot.
00:17I just wanted to recreate it because I did not see anyone doing the same thing in my
00:25body and also I just wanted to have fun while doing it.
00:41This is not the first time I've worn a bikini and done something on a beach, but that doesn't
00:45mean that it does not intimidate me and I've had people laugh at me.
00:50So this is something that I'm used to.
00:58Body positivity basically is a space that says that everybody, no matter its shape,
01:06size, colour, disability, ability levels, everybody needs to be respected, everybody
01:13needs to be treated equally and everybody needs to get the same kind of opportunities.
01:18Excuse me, Rajshri ji, you look a little too healthy to me.
01:30Especially fat women, we are not allowed, we did not have options to wear trendy, fashionable
01:38clothes and showing skin is something that anybody who's not a perfect figure, somehow
01:47you are not allowed to show your skin.
01:54Comedic characters, they were always made fun of, like the hero is told that he will
02:01be fixed with her and then everybody makes fun.
02:17There's always this fat person who has chips in her hands, who has a coke in the other
02:26hand or who's eating a burger, who's very unhappy with her life.
02:31As long as you don't lose weight, you're not going to get a boyfriend.
02:34I'm trying, Naina, I can see that.
02:45Plus size people aren't eating all the time, that's not why we become fat and the most
02:51common thing that I've seen people say on my video is that it's promoting obesity and
02:58I just want to clear that, that me and a lot of fat creators like me, we put out videos
03:06and we're just existing on the internet and we're just doing all of that to show that
03:13you can be comfortable in your body, you can do what you want, you can wear what you like,
03:18no matter your size.
03:20Nobody sees our video and says that, oh, now I love this video, I love how she is, I'm
03:26going to cancel my gym membership.
03:28Nobody's going to do that.
03:29I am not trying to seduce you.
03:33Would you like me to seduce you?