Actress Tamannaah Bhatia is all set to play the role of a Sadhvi in the upcoming film Odela 2. And during the press meet of the film on Saturday, the actress slammed a journalist for labelling her ‘milky beauty’ and questioning the director over casting her in the film.
A female reporter was seen asking Odela 2 director Ashok Teja, “Why did you look at a ‘Milky Beauty’ and think that she could be a Shiva Shakti?” The question did not go well with Tamannaah, who decided to take over and give a befitting reply to the journalist.
A visibly irked Tamannaah maintained her calm and said, “Your question has the answer in it. He doesn’t look at ‘Milky Beauty’ as something that is to be shamed or felt bad about. Glamour, in a woman, is to be celebrated. And we women must celebrate ourselves. Then we can expect other people to celebrate us. If we look at us in a certain way then nobody can respect us.”
“Here, we have a wonderful gentleman who doesn’t look at women like that. He looks at women like divine. And divine can be glamorous, lethal, and powerful. A woman can be many-many things,” she added.
Earlier too, Tamannaah had spoken about embracing her curves and how she does not feel the pressure of looking a certain way to be in the showbiz.
Meanwhile, Odela 2 also stars Yuva, Naga Mahesh, Vamsi, Gagan Vihari, Surender Reddy, Bhupal, and Pooja Reddy. The film is slated to hit the silver screens on April 17.
