Bhumi Pednekar and Yami Gautam (Source: Instagram | @bhumipednekar, @yamigautam)
Bhumi Pednekar and Yami Gautam (Source: Instagram | @bhumipednekar, @yamigautam)

Yami Gautam and Bhumi Pednekar of one of the leading ladies of Bollywood. The actresses have always done films that have managed to impress the masses and with the trailer of their next, Bala, we hope the same. Bala is a two heroine project, starring both Yami and Bhumi with Ayushmann Khurrana, the audience is constantly in the expectation of fireworks. Bhumi’s make up for the film revived a great deal of flak online and when the question of it was brought up to Yami, she stuck by the fact that the brown facing was a part of the story and Bhumi has done a wonderful job in the film.

After the poster of the film received a few negative comments, Yami decided to clear the air and stand up for Bhumi. She put an end to the idle talk by saying that it’s a tendency that women, especially actresses, are constantly judged for their parts.

Yami said:

Bhumi, Ayushmann and I are independent artists who have come together to give life to a wonderful project that we totally have full faith in. We are invested in doing a great job and will go to any lengths to make the character believable and authentic in the context of the script. We have a common goal here – of making a good film. I feel actresses are judged harshly vis-a-vis actors for their film choices. Also, people judging on the basis of just the poster and trailer is unfair.

She further added:

They aren’t seeing the narrative but isolating one look from the milieu it’s attached to. It is disappointing that people can’t get past themselves and their prejudices, trying to transfer all of that negativity on to us. Bala is a film about loving oneself and there’s a solid reason in the film for a certain look. We were all sold at Amar Kaushik’s vision and it’s necessary that people watch the film people first.

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