Photographers' revelations about Vidya Balan will leave you stunned; She is the only celebrity who...

No touch-ups, no photo-shop, Vidya Balan keeps her pictures real, leading photographers reveal what goes behind the actress' drop-dead-gorgeous photos

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In addition to being the powerhouse of talent, Vidya Balan is also the testimony of natural beauty as the actress always keeps her pictures real devoid of any photo-shop, touch-ups or filters. 

Touted as the pioneer of revolution in women representation through cinema, Vidya Balan has carved a place for herself as the 'hero' of her films by choosing to portray strong, empowered and real characters.

The ace actor is also an inspiration to women across quarters with her confident views on body positivity and self-love as Vidya embraces her natural self instead of setting unrealistic beauty standards. 

The actress who stuns the masses with her remarkable photo-shoots, never uses photo-shop, touch-ups or filters for her pictures for magazines as well as other photo-shoots, taking a stand for real beauty, leading photographers across the industry provide a testimony for the same.

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Celebrated Bollywood photographer, Dabboo Ratnani shares,

Vidya and I have been working together since 15 years now and we share a great chemistry, great energy and a great understanding. I think from the first shoot we did together, we got along like a house on fire and got some amazing results. With every shoot, we got better, because with every collaboration we experiment and try something new.

He further added how he enjoys working with her due to her experimental nature and her complete trust in him. He said,

I really enjoy working with her because she's very experimental, she completely trusts me. The kind of shots I've done with her and the results we've achieved of the numerous shoots including the Calendar shoots, we've always pushed the boundaries, aimed at excellence, raising the bar each time.

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Vidya Balan

He went on to share,

Ever since I've started my career as a film photographer, most of my shoots I try achieving the best lighting on shoot itself, rely as less as possible on the post treatment of the pictures. With Vidya, all the more reasons, because she just doesn't like her images to be re-touched, she's completely comfortable in her own skin, she doesn't want to be liquefied or made slimmer in her pictures, she always insists even with magazine shoots to tell the editorials, agencies etc, that we just colour correct the pictures and share, without any retouching.

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Vidya Balan

With Vidya, we hardly ever retouch any images, we just colour correct to get the tones right and it's good to go, it's always easy with her. For calendar shoots especially, we ensure trying something unique everytime, only if the background requires some retouching, flooring needs cleaning, or colour correction needs to be done for something like leaves or anything in the background etc, we don't however, touch-up or over retouch any image of hers."

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Celebrity photographer Atul Kasbekar shares, "I have rarely photographed anyone who is so much in tune with herself as Vidya Balan is. As a photographer it is refreshing to see someone have an inner content glow while looking effortlessly elegant and gorgeous without any external aid like photo-shops or even touch up her images to suit a certain standard of defined beauty. She is the epitome of Indian beauty."

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Photographer Pavitr Saith reveals, "In today's day and age while everyone is chasing the desired standards of beauty, Vidya Balan embraces her natural features that glow so beautifully. In fact, in my experience she's the only celebrity who insists on being true to her individuality, representing herself the way she is, not an ounce of pretense. Stark, Raw & Classic. (Jokingly) making my job as a photographer a challenge in an old-school way, without the luxury of correcting the image later while editing because she uses the original photograph without any alterations, keeping it entirely real."

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In the world of the public falling constantly prey to unrealistic standards and prone to self-doubt, Vidya Balan offers a true reflection of individuality with her stand. 

Being the true inspiration to the women across the globe with not just her phenomenal achievements but also her exceptionally earnest views, Vidya Balan is the true influencer we need!

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Vidya Balan's infectious laugh and disarming smile is priceless.

2 years ago

She's indeed a natural beauty

2 years ago

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