I wish as women we value ourselves each day, says Vidya Balan

Mumbai, Mar 9: Actress Vidya Balan feels that women should value themselves each day so that they do not need a women's day to celebrate their achievements and strengths.

The actress was interacting with the media at a panel discussion on 'Women Shaping the Narrative in Media & Entertainment' on International Women's Day on Friday here.

Over the question of changes that she wants to see in the lives of women working in the film industry, Vidya replied: “I won’t just talk about the film industry. I wish, as women, we should value ourselves little more each day so that someday we will not need women’s day to celebrate our achievements and strengths.

In the past few years, the Hindi film industry has seen many successful female-centric movies like 'Kahaani', 'Pink', 'Piku', 'Tumhari Sulu', 'Mardaani', 'Raazi' amongst others.

Sharing her views on female-centric movies in Bollywood, she said: "I think it used to happen before also but then it was happening in 'fits and spurts'. But at present, female-centric cinema is growing slowly and steadily. The more success these kinds of films would get, the more they would be made."