The film industry can be a really cruel place for female actors. Since decades, they have been treated as eye candies and they often have to resort to unnatural diets and other methods to achieve a certain look on screen. In a recent media interaction, actress Sameera Reddy recalled how she would have to pad her chest and eat only one idli a day to achieve a desirable physique.

In a conversation with Mid-Day, she stated, "I think there was a crazy phase about 10 years ago where everybody was getting plastic surgery, b**b job, change nose or bone structure. I had to always pad my chest and was told to get a b**b job done. Many times, I would think, ‘Should I? Is this the norm?’ because it was so openly spoken about and as an actor I questioned if I had to do it. But I didn’t and I am so grateful to God I didn’t because today I wouldn’t have been comfortable about it.”

She added, "There are many people who choose corrective surgery and it is their choice. If it makes them happy, I say live and let live, who are we to judge.”