Actor Sameera Reddy recently opened up about the pressure she faced from the industry to make changes to her body while she was at the top of her career. Though she was even asked to apply many filters on several occasions, Reddy expressed relief in not yielding to this pressure and avoiding going under the knife. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sameera Reddy (@reddysameera) Also Read: Sameera Reddy speaks about anxiety attacks; here’s what can help In an interview with Hindustan Times, Sameera said, "I can’t emphasise enough the amount of pressure that was put on me to get a b**b job at the top of my career. So many people kept saying, ‘Sameera, sab log kar rahe hain, aap kyun nahin?’ ('Sameera, everyone is doing it, why are you not?'). But I didn’t want something like that inside me. It’s like you are hiding a flaw but it’s not a flaw, it’s how life is. I will not judge someone who wants to have plastic surgery and botox, but what works for me is internally fixing myself." There have been many occasions when the internet has praised Sameera for accepting her age. Jokingly the actor says that for quite some time, Google had picked up her wrong age, but she made sure to get it corrected. "People said I look happier and more comfortable in my skin now. I looked chiselled at 28, but there is a warmth and comfort at 45. When I was 40, the internet had my age as 38. But I immediately got it changed as I was proud of being 40. Interviews mein itna fenk fenk ke (by lying so much in interviews), Google picked up the wrong age," she said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sameera Reddy (@reddysameera) Sameera also revealed how she was urged to use filters when she initially joined social media. She says, "I said I’ll show my skin when it is bad, I’ll show my cellulite and my weight. This is who I am. I am more grateful for doing this rather than being that perfect 36-24-36 figure. I get to be real which I never got to do when I was an actor." Sameera further added, "There was always this parda (curtain) between me and my audience. We only put out what people wanted to hear, but it gives people anxiety when you show you ‘wake up looking like this’. No, you don’t. I wake up every day looking like crap, running behind my children. But I have the capacity to look amazing as a 45-year-old, and I own it. When you show your grey hair, your belly fat, and your stretch marks, someone out there feels ‘there is somebody else like me’ and it takes away the pressure on them."
