Many actresses have shared that wearing bikinis for shoots can feel uneasy. It’s not always easy being in so little clothing in front of many people. Some actresses talk about feeling more okay with it over time, as they get more confident. Others find ways to feel safer on set, like having people they trust around. Nushrratt Bharuccha also spoke about this feeling during an exclusive interview.
Watch the entire video here!
In a conversation with Hauterrfly’s The Male Feminist with host Siddhaarth Aalambayan, Nushrratt Bharuccha opened up about her bikini scene in Pyaar Ka Punchnama and how she got the courage to wear it. She said, “For me, it has always been that what I do in real life and what I have experienced, I can do that on screen. Because I have that real-life experience. And I didn’t even wear a bikini. So my biggest problem was, I said, Sir, the problem is that I won’t feel comfortable in this. Even if I wear it. I will be uncomfortable. So, it’s your shot. How can I be confident? Internally I have to become okay with doing this. I have not owned it yet. And I need to be able to experience it and own it to do it.”
The actor further revealed how she owned it. She said, “So I did a solo trip- Abroad. Because in Mumbai, in India, you can’t wear a bikini and roam around. Let’s be realistic. You can’t even go to Juhu beach. So I went abroad. And from morning to night for three days I wore a bikini. On the beach, I would do an overthrow and then go in a bikini. And I did it consciously.
Because I wanted to break my own mind and my own Taboo or consciousness of it by saying, I am roaming in a bikini. And it’s so liberating. I cannot tell you. Second day. Mid only. I forgot that I was in a bikini. It had just become normal. Liberating as hell. It had become normal that, yes, I was wearing this. I am a woman. What’s wrong with that? From morning to night, I literally purposely wore bikinis. Just to get over the whole fixation I have about it.”