Shrestha)
“My wardrobe in Heyy Babyy and Kismat Konnection had earned me the ‘worst dressed’ heroine tag and I was wondering when all this would end. Then I discovered the charm of the saree. I know I am often called conservative. But I absolutely love myself in a saree.”
Balan got the most flak for her Cannes look in 2013 and that was the last straw. “After that I stopped paying attention to the snide remarks because I was done with it. I’ve stopped reading entertainment magazines and tabloids. I am not thick-skinned. I like to preserve my sanity. I don’t read anything written about me even today. If there are good pictures, I might flip through those,” she says. Then she adds mischievously: “Well... sometimes I do make exceptions.”
Perhaps there is hope then!