When Deepika Padukone slammed publications for highlighting her cleavage: “Yes, I am a woman…”

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It was 2014 when renowned star Deepika Padukone decided to put her foot down. The actress was on a rise and had enough of being objectified by the media. Deepika slammed the publications for taking pictures from weird angles in which her cleavage would be highlighted.

In a series of Tweet, Deepika Padukone bashed the leading media company for objectifying her. She had written in her Tweet, “YES! I am a Woman. I have breasts AND cleavage! You got a problem!!??.” Seeing the standing up for herself and bashing the newspaper for their ‘news’, who’s who of Bollywood was seen standing in support of the actress.

Her tweet gained momentum and several Bollywood stars such as Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ranveer Singh, Jacqueliene Fernandez among others lent support to the Tamasha star.

Later in September 2014, Deepika Padukone took to her official Facebook page to end it once and for all. She wrote a long letter on women getting objectified. An excerpt from her letter read, “I am not naive about my own profession; it is one that requires lots of demanding things of me. A character may demand that I be clothed from head to toe or be completely naked, and it will be my choice as an actor whether or not I take either. Understand that this is a ROLE and not REAL, and it is my job to portray whatever character I choose to play convincingly.”

Deepika wrote further, “In a time where women should be applauded for making headway in a male-dominated society, we blur the lines between REEL and REAL life and dilute all our efforts by making a one-year old back sliding piece of news a headline. Digging out an old article and headlining it “OMG: Deepika’s Cleavage Show!” to attract readers is using the power of influence to proliferate recessive thought.”

“When an actresses inner wear decides to do a “peek-a-boo”, she most definitely did not step out with the intention to do so. So instead of zooming in, circling it and pointing arrows at it, why don’t we give her some ‘respect’ and let it go instead of making it ‘headlines’!? Are we not human? Yes we marvel, envy and drool over a male actors eight pack abs in a film, but do we zoom in on the man’s ‘crotch’ when he makes a public appearance and make that ‘cheap headlines’??!!,” added the Piku actress.

Deepika had concluded her letter saying, “For me this topic ends here. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. I have little interest to take this further as it might get more attention than it deserves and might be further misconstrued and twisted to sell more undeserved headlines.”