Fatima Sana Shaikh opens up about being molested at the age of three

Fatima Sana Shaikh, in a recent interview, has revealed having faced rejection multiple times in her career. She also spoke about being molested at a young age.

In her recent interview to Pinkvilla, Shaikh said,”I was told many times that ‘you would never be a heroine’. You don’t look like Deepika, you don’t look like Aishwarya. How will you be a heroine?’ So there are people like them who will demotivate you. But now when I look back, I think, ‘fair enough’. That’s the standard of beauty they subscribe to. That one should look exactly like this or that to become a heroine. And I clearly don’t fall in that bracket, I fall into a different bracket. But there are opportunities now, there are films being made for people like me, who don’t look like supermodels, who look normal, average.”

She also revealed,”I have faced people telling me that the only way to get a job is through sex. So that has also happened to me. I have lost jobs to someone else for whatever reason. But I feel that there are a lot of struggles that a lot of people are facing apart from this industry and sexism is very much relevant and it exists in every industry. I was molested when I was five years old. No! I was three years old. So you understand how deep sexism goes. It’s a battle we fight on everyday basis. Every woman, every minority fights every day. And I hope our future is better.”

Shaikh has two releases lined up ‘Ludo’ and ‘Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari’.