Ananya Panday will do an item number only on this condition
Aman Wadhwa
In her recent interview with Humans of Bombay, Ananya Panday was asked if she will do an item number in a film
The actress answered, "If I feel like the girl is being empowered through the song, if she has control, if she’s not being overly sexualized, if she's not being respected, then I wouldn’t do it"
She continued, "It has to be seen from the other perspective where maybe the girl is in control. There are lots of ways where you can play around with things"
"Everything doesn’t have to be done in the way that it’s been done for so many years. There are ways to change things around"
"To be sexy but not to be sexualized and objectified. It’s about just switching the control to a girl instead of the man"
"As creative people, and as filmmakers and actors, we have to be aware of the stuff that we are putting out there"
"We are in a position where we have so much responsibility, so you have to be aware of the impression you’re leaving out there"
Ananya Panday made her OTT series debut with Call Me Bae released on Amazon Prime Video on September 6
Ananya Panday will be seen next in the Netflix film CTRL, which will premiere on October 4