Three-film-old
actress
Bhumi
Pednekar,
who
played
an
overweight
married
woman
in
her
debut
movie
Dum
Laga
Ke
Haisha,
says
she
has
been
able
to
break
the
stereotype
in
Bollywood
about
heroines.
At
the
India
Today
Safaigiri
Awards
2017,
Bhumi
said:
"I
have
been
able
to
break
the
stereotype
in
Bollywood
about
heroines.
I
got
the
chance
to
be
a
Yash
Raj
Films
heroine,
but
it
was
nothing
like
the
glamorous
heroines
on
the
big
screen."
She
continued
to
break
the
stereotype
in
Bollywood
by
starring
in
this
year's
hit
film
Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha
that
throws
light
on
the
problem
of
open
defecation.
Talking
about
the
cleanliness
campaign,
she
said:
"I
think
Safaigiri
and
our
relationship
has
already
begun,
and
in
some
years,
our
love
story
will
be
complete.
It
is
necessary
to
bring
change
at
an
individual
level.
I
am
glad
the
kind
of
steps
that
the
government
has
taken
for
cleanliness
are
helping
us
move
towards
a
better
India."
Singer
Tulsi
Kumar,
who
was
also
present
at
the
event,
said
it
is
the
people's
responsibility
to
keep
India
clean,
"just
like
we
ensure
our
cars
are
spotless.
If
our
roads
are
dirty,
all
citizens
are
affected.
For
instance,
it
becomes
a
breeding
ground
for
mosquitoes".
With
inputs
from
IANS.