Body positivity activist recreates viral Bollywood dance

She recreated a famous Bollywood dance … and it starting a conversation around body diversity on screen.

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00:00It's shot by my husband actually, it's not even professionally shot.

00:17I just wanted to recreate it because I did not see anyone doing the same thing in my

00:25body and also I just wanted to have fun while doing it.

00:52They were always made fun of, like the hero is told that he will be fixed with her and

01:01then everybody makes fun of him.

01:11There's always this fat person who has chips in her hands, who has a coke in the other

01:16hand or who's eating a burger, who's very unhappy with her life.

01:29This is not the first time I've worn a bikini and done something on a beach, but that doesn't

01:33mean that it does not intimidate me and I've had people laugh at me.

01:39So this is something that I'm used to, plus people aren't eating all the time.

01:44That's not why we become fat and the most common thing that I've seen people say on

01:51my video is that it's promoting obesity and I just want to clear that, that me and a lot

01:58of fat creators like me, we put out videos and we're just existing on the internet and

02:06we're just doing all of that to show that you can be comfortable in your body.

02:12You can do what you want, you can wear what you like, no matter your size.

02:16I am not trying to seduce you.

02:20Would you like me to seduce you?

02:27Body positivity basically is a space that says that everybody, no matter its shape,

02:35size, color, disability, ability levels, everybody needs to be respected, everybody

02:42needs to be treated equally, and everybody needs to get the same kind of opportunities.

02:55Especially fat women, we are not allowed, we did not have options to wear trendy, fashionable

03:03clothes and showing skin is something that anybody who's not a perfect figure, somehow

03:12you are not allowed to show your skin.