Overview

• The 73-year-old Bollywood icon shared a reflective Instagram post on September 16 with a throwback photo, writing that she “never found myself to be beautiful” though she accepted that others did.
• She acknowledged leveraging “pretty privilege” as a survival tool in a world she described as cold.
• Despite a beauty pageant win, leading roles and the “sex symbol” label, she said public acclaim did not translate into personal self-acceptance.
• She advised readers to “step out of your mind” and view themselves through the eyes of someone who loves them to genuinely feel beautiful.
• She concluded that no cream, collagen or facelift can compete with the lens of love and acceptance.