Ananya Panday On Menstrual Health, Periods, Cramps & Mood Swings: I Don’t Take Chutti On My Period!

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Bollywood Actress Ananya Panday opens up on Menstrual Health, Periods, Cramps, Mood Swings & much more at The Future Of Period Care With Whisper event in Mumbai.

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00:00Right about now.

00:20But we were actually trying to rebrand the whole thing by talking about what we like

00:23about our periods, which is a very difficult conversation to have because there's not a

00:26lot that we like.

00:27Yeah.

00:28Even mentally, I feel like I get a free pass to have a bad mood on my period.

00:34That's maybe a good thing.

00:35No?

00:36Like I can be like shouting and I'm like, I have my period, it's fine, I'm bleeding.

00:40It's okay.

00:41All the chutti.

00:42Yeah.

00:43I mean, I don't take chutti on my period, but it's an excuse to eat junk food and like

00:46comfort food, I feel.

00:48Yeah, that's about it.

00:50But like, okay, so we've gone over the good stuff, but what is the stuff you hate about

00:54your period?

00:56Um, pain, quite a bit of pain, especially on the first two days, like the cramps are

01:01really bad.

01:03The mood swings because you don't know why you're crying so much and it's like, oh, okay,

01:07now I get why I've been crying for the past two days, it's because I'm getting my period.

01:12And just not being able to wear like what you wanted to wear mentally in your head,

01:16you know, you've like decided your outfit and then you get your period and you're like,

01:20you know, I can't wear what I plan to wear.

01:22So yeah.

01:23The stains are really worth hating.

01:27I mean, it's the cramps, it's the stains, it's the being constantly annoyed.

01:32It's not fun really.

01:34But I mean, I'm glad that there's, you know, stuff that's changing with our life that's

01:39changing as we're updating in life, period products are getting updated.

01:42But have you seen that there was a change in how you had your period before you became

01:47an actor and then after and like how you were able to deal with it with changing products?

01:52I mean, before, I think as you said, the, you know, technology has gotten so advanced

01:56before I think I would be really nervous to make the smallest of movements.

02:00I would feel like I'm going to stain something like either stain my clothes or stain like

02:04the surface that I'm sitting on.

02:05But I think now especially with the whisper, the curvewear technology, which is one of

02:09a kind, it's not only in India, but I think globally also, it's the first time that it's

02:12happening.

02:13I really feel free enough to move without the fear of staining something because that,

02:18you know, definitely does make you feel embarrassed.

02:20So I think that's definitely something that's changed.

02:21I'm way, I can work out now because I'm not scared of as, you know, staining.

02:26I'm not scared of that itchiness or that those rashes that come because I was scared that

02:30with my period and then with working out also is that going to like, you know, combine a

02:35sort of like rash or make it itchy.

02:36But it's also because now the whisper pad is also super soft.

02:39You know, they have a very soft, thick layer on top and even the absorption is super strong.

02:43So that actually makes me do a lot more things than I could before.

02:47That's really good.

02:48And I like that there's a focus on like real problems and the real solutions for that.

02:52So how do you feel, you know, being Whisper's, you know, new face, very pretty face?

02:56I feel great because, you know, this is something that I've always spoken about and normally

03:00when I'm like in a room and I'm like, oh, I have my period, everyone's like, shh, like

03:04why are you saying it loudly?

03:06Like say something else, say like, it's my time of the month or mera woh chal raha hai

03:10or one of those things.

03:11But like, I'm like, let's talk about it.

03:13You know, the only way we're going to get the taboo removed or, you know, destigmatize

03:17it is by actually talking about it.

03:20So yeah, I'm really happy to be talking about something and being associated with a brand

03:24that actually talks about something that I believe in so strongly.

03:26I'm going to ask you, have you had like an embarrassing getting stained or something

03:30story?

03:31Oh my God.

03:32I mean, so when I was in school, when I was in like the, when I was like 14 or 15 and

03:38it was like the first few years that I, you know, was dealing with my period and everything,

03:42I was actually, it was my sports day competition and I ran my race and everything.

03:47And I won.

03:48I came second and before they gave us the awards, we had to sit in like on like benches

03:53and wait for the awards to be announced.

03:55So I won the race.

03:56I was really happy and everything.

03:57And then I sat down and then when I stood up to get up to, you know, get the award,

04:02I had stained myself because I didn't know I was getting my period.

04:05And then my friend's mom was like, she came to me and she's like, oh my God, your pants

04:09are stained.

04:10Like go and change.

04:11So I went to the bathroom.

04:12I could hear my name being announced, like on the thing, but I couldn't go to collect

04:15my award because I was so embarrassed.

04:16Like I thought that everyone had like seen the stain.

04:19So yeah, pretty scarring for sure.

04:21And I think each one of us in this room has a story like this.

04:23I remember Saturday ko school mein white uniform hota tha, baaki din ke alawa.

04:28And that white uniform, if you're on your period, my God, it used to be a nightmare.

04:31Always constantly thinking about it.

04:33In every class, you're like, chekkar stain toh nahi hai, chekkar stain toh nahi hai.

04:37You know, that whole exercise, it's, it's so much of a hassle and I think staining and

04:41leaking is something we all struggle with.

04:44So it's really cool to see that.

04:46I mean, I can see that most of the blood on that is already gone.

04:49Even some of your blood has absorbed on this pad.

04:55Let's try.

04:56Okay, wow.

04:57So this is already staining right away.

05:02And that is looking like a wonderful cushion.

05:04The pillow analogy does not leave my mind.

05:09But this is really, really cool.

05:10And I'm so glad to see that, you know, we're getting these innovations and we're getting

05:14things that actually work for our bodies and that fit our bodies.

05:17So yay.

05:18Yay.

05:19Yay technology.

05:20Yay whisper.

05:23So that's how we demonstrated the no gap and the no leak stuff.

05:27And welcome to the launch.

05:29I'm excited you guys are here.

05:33Well, thank you so much, Ananya.

05:34And thank you so much, Dr. Kiptris.

05:35Thank you so much, Ananya.

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