Mandira Bedi on beauty and being skinny

Gulf News

Mandira Bedi on beauty and being skinny. Bollywood actress Mandira Bedi shares her thoughts on what beauty and fashion should be.  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

Transcript

00:00It's important to be yourself and when I say be yourself, that means when you answer a

00:14question saying I want to do something good with my title, you should do something good

00:18with your title because that gives you some power. When it's just looked at as a stepping

00:23stone to the Indian film industry, then I find it very disappointing that that's all

00:27it was and these are the answers you gave to say that you want to actually make a difference.

00:33You wanted to make a difference, what have you done about it? So, that part is disappointing

00:37but when I see some girls working towards actually coming close to the promises they

00:48made or the words they spoke, the winning words that they spoke, then it's nice but

00:55there are very few and far between like that.

01:01I try to keep fit for not cosmetic reasons, I try to keep fit for health reasons. When

01:11I wanted to get pregnant, I got pregnant in three months because I believe I have a strong,

01:15healthy body. So, I'm just saying that I think it's not about being skinny, skinny does not

01:24equal beautiful. I think strong and healthy is what is important. For me, staying strong,

01:32staying fit is all a part of being healthy as opposed to looking good or for cosmetic

01:40reasons. As far as photoshopping is concerned, I'm just saying so often we see magazine covers

01:48and we see photographs of people in newspapers and publications and they don't look like

01:55what they really are and that is so sad. So, if ever I have any photographs of mine that

02:03have been put out, in fact whatever covers I've done, I've had them approved by me before

02:09having them published, having them printed because I think I'd like to look like myself.

02:19I've been offered a skin fairness cream commercial a couple of times in the past and I've said

02:24no because I just don't think fair equals lovely or fair equals beautiful. I think we

02:31are all blessed with different colours of skin and I think we should be proud of it

02:36and I don't think we should try and change our colour.

02:42I'm in the business of fashion but still from the outside. I don't follow trends, I don't

02:51follow this is what the colour palette of the season is going to be. I'm not like that.

02:56I go by gut, I go by instinct, I go by what pleases me. Honestly, if I would want to wear

03:00this saree, I'd like to make it and put it out there. That's how it works for me. When

03:03people talk of fashion, what does fashion and style mean to you? It's not about following

03:07the trend that's in season, the hemline, the cut, the neckline or the colour. It's

03:14about you have a certain personality and you have a certain body type. Just wear clothes

03:18that suit you. Wear clothes that are pleasing to you when you look at yourself in the mirror.

03:22Not something that this is what's in fashion so I must wear it. I think it's very important

03:26not to become a fashion victim.

Category

Transcript

Recommended