Nushrat Bharucha fights back at trolls

Nushrat Bharucha walked the red carpet at a recent event, flaunting a dress with a slit higher than the thigh-high routine in Bollywood.

In this pursuit of “bringing sexy back”, she was not just oozing oomph, but also a lot of confidence. Her bold fashion statement not just won her compliments, but also some brickbats, but the actor is unperturbed.

Happy that some fraternity members reached out, saying, “We’d never be able to do this, great that you could carry this off and you did it so well’, Nushrat has a fair answer for the naysayers. “We live in a country where the freedom of speech is ours, so whatever anyone feels, they can put it out there and talk about it. But just like they have that opinion, and it’s rightfully theirs, what I want to wear is my opinion and it’s rightfully mine,” she says.

The emerald one-shoulder gown, which gave a view of Nushrat’s tattoo, made her feel nice and confident.

“I did it for me, not for anyone else... I didn’t think people were going to praise me or it’s going to become the talk of the town for the next two days. I just wore an outfit, attended the function, had fun, came home, had dinner and slept. I don’t get bothered, I don’t take anything personally. I don’t even go and read the comments under the posts... I put it out there and leave it. Then it’s not my headache,” adds the actor, who believes this confidence of being comfortable in her own skin is a result of her evolution in the industry.

That evolution is of “self-discovery” - of “knowing who you are and knowing what you’re not trying to be”, explains the Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011) and Dream Girl (2018) actor, and continues, “If this dress didn’t fit well or fall right, I would not be wearing it. It had nothing to do with how bold it was or how statement it was. If it didn’t look good on me, I would not wear it.”
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