Most actresses in tinsel town are not comfortable sharing their age, but Vidya Balan has no qualms about it! She says’s she’s “proud to be a 36-year-old”.
Vidya, who has been a part of he Hindi film fraternity for over a decade feels that the reason why not just actresses, but women in general too, are wary of revealing their age is because of the pressure to look young in a “youth obsessed society”.
“I don’t think it’s only about actresses. I think we are a youth obsessed society... the pressure on women to remain eternally young is much more. But I say I am a proud 36-year-old,” the Kahaani actress said.
The National Award winning actress said that women get worried because “desirability is often associated with age”. But she added that “age is just a number really (and) we should not give anymore importance than that”.
Vidya, who has impressed cine-goers with films like No One Killed Jessica , Paa and Ishqiya besides The Dirty Picture , says while she doesn’t “understand” box office numbers, she does become sad if her film doesn’t do well.
“I don’t understand numbers... as long as I know that my films are doing well, I am happy. If the film is not doing well its makes me sad,” said the actress, who last played a victim of domestic violence in Hamari Adhuri Kahani ”.