Debate on safe workplaces for women ought to have started long back: Sonakshi Sinha

Alot has been said about the need for creating a safe work culture for women, and Sonakshi Sinha has also added her voice in agreement. The actor is glad that women are speaking up, adding that the debate should have started long back.

She says, “I think it’s very important, and this stir should have been started long back. Nobody deserves to be made to feel unsafe, especially while working. I am glad women are finally speaking out.”

Professionally, Sonakshi — daughter of actor Shatrughan Sinha— didn’t have it easy in the entertainment world herself, considering how she was body-shamed, and even faced some setbacks at the box office.

After making a successful debut with Dabangg (2010), she gave hits such as Rowdy Rathore (2012) and Lootera (2013). But her films like Tevar (2015), Akira (2016) and Noor went unnoticed.

However, the actor says failure doesn’t scare her. “My priority has always been to be happy. Whether it’s with my work or my life at home, it is important to be happy from within to make others happy. I try to be as positive as possible, so that it reflects on my work as well,” she says, adding that she believes that failure teaches a person a lot more than success does.

“Nothing ever stops at failure. It’s always followed by success because of the lessons it taught you,” Sonakshi says.

“I try and be as real as I can and I guess people appreciate that, so no, I am not scared. I am who I am, this is me... Take it or leave it,” she signs off.

Nobody deserves to be made to feel unsafe, but I am glad that women are finally speaking out SONAKSHI SINHA, ACTOR