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It's a new day and I get
this voice note from Ekta,
where she's telling me about this brand,
that they want me on board as their brand ambassador.
It's basically for a cosmetology brand.
So, there are these treatments that they have
which they want us to highlight,
speak about and endorse, like truly.
I was not very sure, not very clear what exactly is it that they wanted.
So, I asked her, 'Is it for facials,
for skin-treatment, or is it some kind of
corrective surgery kind of a thing?
And she said, 'Basically, it is corrective surgery.'
That's the space they are looking at.
I was like, 'Okay. Why?'
And then I said, listen,
I want to speak to Bharti. Something just
went off in my head that I thought
would be an interesting idea to do.
Sanjay, please open the door.
Hello!
Hi, Bharti!
Okay, sorry.
Keep quiet. Casper!
-Casper, behave yourself. -Casper.
-Baby! -Stay.
Stay there.
Bharti is supremely talented.
We've done lots and lots of shows together.
And she's lovely.
Great to hang around,
great to work with.
She's got a great energy.
I don't know, I always feel that there's something
behind those eyes or behind that humor
that she uses as a shield,
to literally protect herself.
Where is Mr. Limbachiyaa?
He is aware that if his wife
is going out for free,
then he'll be earning.
Okay. Very good.
How nice!
Ekta had called me.
She said you want to do a campaign on Body Positivity.
At first, I started laughing
thinking how you thought of me.
You could've called Nora, since her body is positive.
Looking at my body, people will go sad.
She's positive and you are body negative?
-Yes. I'm negative. -It's not like that.
Bharti, I have immense respect for you.
I want to do something for body positivity.
I want to say something.
I'm sure like the way I get trolled,
-you get trolled as well. -Yes.
Because you are, I'm sure, for your...
For the size that you are.
-I'm sure you're quite trolled. -Absolutely.
I was always funny
and into comedy.
And I got even more funnier gradually because
I got trolled so much, I heard so many taunts.
I wasn't just trolled by outsiders,
but my dear ones used to do it too.
If I take an extra stuffed flatbread, they'd be like,
'Enough! Girls don't eat so much.'
'What will you do in your future?'
-Nobody will marry you. -Yes.
They'll say it in Punjabi, that I won't get married,
just keep eating flatbread!
I was like, 'What's the connection with roti and marriage?'
-You won't find a suitor. -Yes, but I did find one.
He's such a sweet boy.
Even then I got trolled, honestly.
When I got married, and uploaded a photo for the first time,
that we've got engaged, then they're like...
'Look at her size!'
'Bharti, this is the real combination
of an elephant and an ant.'
It was to such an extent that... During a wedding, people
send their best wishes, and we're happy to read it.
But more than half of them were trolls in our case.
Haarsh sir is too thin and look at you.
At times, a woman is a woman's enemy.
I agree.
Many women have told me,
'Eat less or you'll blow up.'
The trolls used to write that I've married a child.
'Mother and son.'
That's how they trolled me.
When I uploaded the photograph while taking the vows, they wrote,
'A buffalo and a goat are getting married.'
Haarsh was trolled
that he's taking advantage of her stardom.
Haarsh was told if he is blind or he needs to wear spectacles.
What kind of a girl you are getting married to?
'The buffalo has worn a skirt.'
'The buffalo gave birth.'
Here I can sit and say that, you know,
'Oh God, I get trolled', but there are lot of
women getting trolled constantly.
And Bharti is no exception either.
Whenever anyone speaks on this topic, I get...
There's a certain amount of pain, a certain amount of frustration
that she's constantly made to feel that
she's nothing but an overweight slob.
That's such sad. That's such pathetic.
Don't cry.
Even Casper felt bad.
See Casper, you made Bharti cry.
And Bharti makes the entire country...
-She makes the entire country laugh. -I won't cry.
No, don't cry.
Bharti makes the whole nation laugh.
Don't cry, my darling.
People trolled me and Haarsh,
but we didn't say a word.
Now, we're bored
of people taunting and trolling us.
The people who troll us at the moment
if we go before them
they won't say a word.
Seriously.
-I don't know why. -Out of fear,
-they can't speak a word. -Absolutely.
All are rascals.
We live in a country
where daughters are considered a form of Goddess Lakshmi.
I wonder who are those people! Don't they have mothers and sisters?
That's the reason I wanted my first child
to be a daughter
so that we understand the meaning of respect at home.
I've worked a lot with you.
I genuinely think you are an example.
How sweet.
I genuinely feel that
you're an example for women out there.
I wanted to ask you, when you leave the gym
and the paparazzi go all crazy about clicking your photographs,
do you at times feel that why are they standing there?
-Have you scolded anyone? -No.
No, I've never scolded anyone.
Unless someone pushed me or did anything,
then I'll say something, otherwise no.
I'll tell you what irritates me.
The problem is... I mean, focus here and click photographs, right?
They're clicking photographs of the this part and that part of the body.
The camera is either focused here
-or at the back. -When you
greet them and hold your bottle of water,
and turn, then the camera will be focused at you.
I have a problem with that.
Why are you focusing on my ass?
Why are you focusing on my tits? For what?
I'm very proud of my body. I'm very proud.
But then they say, 'If you don't want to show, then wear clothes
wherein everything is covered.
Why? I want to wear such clothes.
What is your problem?
I'll dress the way I want.
Don't you get angry?
At times, I feel like abusing them.
At times, I feel like...
Can I take eat dry fruits?
Eat it, of course.
Bharti, of course, it irritates me.
There are people in my family too.
-Absolutely. -I'm answerable to them.
I have a child. He's 20 years old.
Bharti, he called me.
Because he studies in US.
Yes.
He called me in the evening and when he spoke to me, he said,
'Mom, what's the problem? Why are you sounding like this?'
I said, 'No, it's nothing.
Some article was published.'
He's like, 'Mom, just chill.'
'Why are you overreacting?'
'Forget about it. Let it be.'
He doesn't want to see me getting upset.
You know, he's sitting in another country,
-I'm over here. -Yes.
He feels that mom is all alone at home.
I don't want her to be upset.
So, his instant reaction is, 'Mom, don't overreact.'
In their opinion,
we are animals.
He's a goat, I'm a buffalo.
That's why we keep smiling and keep working.
We don't care about any of it.
Why are we constantly compared to animals?
I have no idea.
What is the connection?
I have no clue.
Have you noticed that?
Always. I walk like a duck.
-You look like a bull. -Yes!
-You talk like a bird. Why? -Yes, why is that?
Why are we constantly compared to...
You're compared to a duck? It's so cute.
At least that's nice.
They call me a rhino, buffalo,
bean bag, quilt.
Malaika ma'am, even you're laughing.
No, I'm not laughing.
I was thinking...
I've made this my plus point.
I also enjoy it. Laugh!
That's how I am. I will eat stuffed flatbread!
-I will drink 'lassi'. -Eat. Why not?
Women are always trolled for
their physical appearances.
I mean, really? Is that what life is all about?
Do you actually judge a person purely by
their physical appearance?
That just sounds so
wasted, low and shallow.
There's more to people than just...
than just what see in the physical, on the outside.
We will do this campaign, and we will see.
I want to direct this campaign.
And I want to be able to tell people...
It is fine!
So what?
Nobody is perfect.
So does it have more people along with me?
Yes.
-There are other people too? -Yes.
-Just like me, who have got trolled? -Of course.
-Very good. -For different reasons.
You are trolled for your weight.
Somebody else is trolled because they are too thin.
Somebody else is trolled because they're short or tall!
Somebody else is trolled because she is divorced.
All kinds of women are trolled for different reasons.
Like, I feel very awkward.
After I had Arhaan, I have a lot of stretch marks on my stomach.
I don't like showing my stomach.
I always hide it
because I get extremely conscious.
Nobody knows it, but I'm telling you.
People even say that,
'Look, she's showing stretch marks.'
Whatever, if I'm wearing something.
'The stretch marks can be seen.' What?!
-So what? -So what?
-I gave birth! -You gave birth!
Yes!
We said the same thing!
We gave birth! You do the same!
-First, do that! -Yes.
So, it's fine. These are my battle scars.
In my childhood, I remember I was quite dark-skinned.
I remember that very well.
And my sister was just the opposite.
She was fair-skinned, but I was so dark-skinned.
Everybody used to tell my mother
'Oh my! What happened to her? She's so dark-skinned.'
'But your other daughter Ammu... Oh my!
She's so fair-skinned.'
I've also heard that as a child.
It's not like I didn't.
So it's not like
people called us perfect when we were kids.
-She's so good... -Yes.
No, we've also heard many taunts in the past,
and we still are.
Do you think people will improve after doing this campaign?
Will they stop trolling?
That will never end.
We can't shut them up for good.
We're doing it for the women who hide their bodies
-and face taunts... -Why should they hide?
Why hide it? Let's show everyone!
You can't ever stop trolling.
Now that's a part and parcel of our life.
It has a terrible effect on a lot of people.
So, I think, over the years, I've understood
to completely shut myself out to all that unnecessary noise
because that noise is just so detrimental
and toxic for anybody's growth in life.
And that's my mechanism.
Love yourself, respect yourself,
nurture yourself. And I believe in that.
-Let's get back to the task at hand. -Yes.
I'm very excited to meet the other models too.
So, right now, I'm just trying to get them all together
because I want to make sure we do a beautiful campaign.
And I'm so happy. Thank you, Bharti.
Thank you for being part of this campaign.
I have to admit that it took a little bit of convincing for Bharti,
but eventually she was on board.
I could actually see that smile and glint in her eye
which is so quintessential, Bharti!
Love yourself, be yourself, you're beautiful.
Bye!
Bye. Love you. Thank you, Bharti, for doing this.
Let's go down for a walk.
Most people have only seen me in front of a camera.
Never really been behind it.
This is the first time I've actually...
I took on something and I said,
'You know what? I want to see it through.'
'I want to direct it.'
'This is my vision.'
'This is something I want to do.'
Of course, I was a little nervous, anxious about it.
But I also knew in my heart that I can do this.
I can't thank you enough
-for being here. -Thank you for having us.
Seriously, thank you, Bharti.
Thank you. You are most welcome.
Why don't you all just quickly introduce yourselves?
I'm Kalyani.
I'm an actor and model,
and I'm also a MBBS doctor.
Wow!
All of my life
people have called me mean things about my skin color,
about my hair and all of that.
And now, to just be confident in it
and actually put that in front of the world
means so much to me.
So, thank you so much, Malaika.
Thank you, Kalyani. Thank you for being here.
Yeah, my name is Jasleen.
And I am pretty tall.
And a beautiful height, let me tell you.
I love my height.
Imagine the world has to look up to you.
Exactly!
-Or you look down at the world. -Exactly.
Hi, my name Deepanjali Chhetri.
This society gives me a new name daily.
Eunuch, pansy, wimp.
Whatever they used to, but I always
identified myself as a woman, and my name is Deepanjali Chhetri.
Yes!
I'll speak in Marathi
because I'm from Pune.
And my name is Rutuja Pawar. - And I'm from Mumbai.
I know. I know it's nice.
So, I suffer from vitiligo.
You had vitiligo even as a child
-or did it happen as you started... -Yes, like...
Yeah. I was seven years old when
I got my first spot.
So then it spread, and...
I underwent many treatments
but nothing worked out.
Then I gave up.
Then I was in a trip... -You had to accept it?
Yes. Yes! -Accept, yeah.
and thanks to you
for showcasing it on a huge platform,
It's beautiful.
-Thanks a lot. -I'm so happy.
I am truly, truly indebted.
And, you know, she's a beautiful dancer.
-Yes. -Beautiful dancer.
Wow!
-Folk dance, lavani, she does. -Yeah.
Amazing!
To be present amongst these women,
the true warriors over there,
where we're talking about self-love,
put yourself first,
love yourself,
I just felt I was in esteemed company.
I feel that no matter how our body, color or hair is...
it's God's gift.
So, we must respect God's gift.
In return, we must be thankful to God
for who we are.
This was His wish.
That's it!
Thank you all for being part of this campaign.
Let's do this!
Should we the show on the road?
-Yes! -Come on, let's do this!
And I want to tell you all ladies,
you'll are beautiful!
Beyond beautiful.
So, let's do this! Come on!
Firstly, I'm so happy that Lakme is part of this journey.
And Lakme has partnered with My Vision
to actually come on board for the campaign
The fact that Lakme caters to all skin types,
all skin colors, which means
it stands for inclusivity.
So, yes, I'm really happy that Lakme is part of this campaign.
It has always been very difficult for me
to find the right red lip shade.
But thank you so much Lakme!
I have found this Dynamite Berry
and I think it complements my skin tone so well.
Being caught up all the time,
I think I need a good compact in my bag every now and then
and Lakme does that for me.
Thanks Lakme. I love it.
It is the first time,
I've never done anything like this,
I've never directed a campaign.
But I have to say that I have to give
these ladies full credit.
The energy, the vibe that they had,
they came there with a purpose.
They just took center stage.
They were in the spotlight.
-Ready? -Yes.
Too short to make a difference.
Too short to be taken seriously.
Short, tiny, dwarf.
Firstly, she's a comedian. Add to it, she's overweight.
Spotty, Dalmatian.
Neither here nor there.
Amavas, Witch.
Pillar, Qutub Minar, are all just pet names for now.
Too short to make a difference.
Too short to be taken seriously.
It's true my skin color is dark
but you having no soul is way too dark.
My spots can spot
that their perspective is lame.
No place in society, no love to be found.
You can crack all the jokes you like on me.
You think your opinion matters to me?
Look around my friend, you don't matter to me at all.
I can't even hear you guys from here.
So, let's clear this once and for all.
Now is the time to set things right
because of the female-comedians out there killing it
with their jokes, and making those same people laugh their lungs out.
I will rise,
because short is my height,
not my might.
To all naysayer, my duality is my crime.
Be the inspiration others need
as there is light, always, within, in deep.
So, don't you worry darling,
I'll rise like a phoenix from the flames.
No matter what you are,
who you are, wherever you are,
you are beautiful.
Everybody...
Let's give these wonderful ladies a huge round of applause.
I just want to say thank you for being on my show
because by you being on my show,
you have raised the bar of my show.
-So, thank you so much. -Thank you.
Thank you, everyone.
I mean they're not heroes, they are sheroes.
That's what they are.
They are above anyone.
I salute each one of them. They were amazing.
I'm not looking for that pat on my back.
I just want people to see the campaign
and identify with it
and hopefully change people's mindsets.
That's it.
I was so amazed by their stories
and decided to extend a token of love and appreciation
through Lakme hampers, which is also
an inclusive brand.
Thank you, ladies. Thank you.
Thank you! Thank you!
If every women who feels there's a problem with her
becomes positive in life, then it's done!
Thank you!
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Arhaan's back!
And I'm super-excited!
Finally, today, we all get to spend some time together.
I've come here today,
mainly to cook my grandson Arhaan.
He's going to be here, and he loves my food.
Was that the doorbell?
Yeah, that was the doorbell.
Hi, darling!
How are you?
Who has come?
Oh my God!
See who has come!
-Oh my God! -Casper.
-How are you? -Hello, my baby boy!
-Hello! Hello! -Hello, my baby boy!
How are you?
You are my baby boy!
That beard is gone. I'm happy to see
-it has gone! -Clean shave.
-How are you doing? -I missed you.
Mom was like, 'Where is he?!'
'Why isn't he here?'
'Why hasn't he arrived?'
I'm here.
My mom is over the moon.
I'm over the moon.
I'm really looking forward to it
that we can just have a nice, fun-filled
family session.
Are you happy to be back home?
Obviously, mom!
Happy to see grandma and grandpa?
-Grandpa is not here. He's out. -He's not here.
I have enough days.
I'll see everyone.
I'll devote an entire day to someone.
How about devoting an entire day to your mother?
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
-It's too much to ask. -It's the one thing I ask you, Arhaan!
You like to spend the day with Ammu, grandma and grandpa.
If I ask you, you're like...
I'm just biased towards Ammu.
-Why? -Don't make me mention it.
But why are you biased?
-You love Ammu more than me? -There's a tier-list.
You know, Ammu is like second mom.
But I think she's promoting to take your spot.
She's pushing for the top-spot.
You are saying she is your number one?
Yeah, she's pushing for top-spot.
And I'm what? I'm at number two?
Yeah. You've fallen, greatly.
-Why? -Just like that.
I think you could've been a little more
considerate.
-Who? -You!
About the jokes you cracked on me all the time.
I'm done with my lunch.
I wouldn't take that if I was you.
For me, the stand-up was not important.
You were not there for her makeover also.
If it's a makeover, I want to see a drastic change.
That's the makeover for Malaika.
You don't think it is makeover-worthy?
This?
No.
I know you for 25 years,
Tell me something, years later,
will you feel there's nothing that you have regretted in your life?
I have never.
I don't do anything to bring anything on.
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
-I do not do any of that sort. -Yes.
I'm somebody who has never, ever tried
to go out of my way to gain
any kind of attention for myself.
-By now, you should know that. -Yes.
That is why...
-I have never done that. -Yes.