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Chhavi Mittal calls out people overusing filters: You are lying to yourself and thatтАЩs worse than lying to others | Web Series

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Actor Chhavi Mittal, through her social media, has often expressed her strong opinions on everyday issues and ideologies. Her latest post takes a dig at the overuse of тАШbeauty filtersтАЩ by people. The actor shared an unfiltered picture of her from the gym, that showed her real skin, and she talked about how by clicking everything will filters, people are creating disappointment for themselves.

тАЬNowadays, whenever people click pictures, I see them using Instagram filters. And sometimes, they (filters) donтАЩt even make you look good. They just make you look like a different person,тАЭ says Mittal, adding, тАЬBut when I try telling people to not take my picture with a filter, they donтАЩt appreciate it. And thatтАЩs weird. Because whatтАЩs the purpose of these pictures then. After two years, when youтАЩll turn back to look at the memories and feel those emotions once again, you wonтАЩt be able to. ThatтАЩs because youтАЩve forgotten to actually document your age graph completely in pictures. For me that idea of taking pictures gets completely defeated in a filter.тАЭ

The actor doesnтАЩt hesitate in calling this whole obsession with filters тАЬvery shallowтАЭ. She elaborates, тАЬThereтАЩs no message that you want to convey. ThereтАЩs no real feeling that you want to share. Why are we sharing? Why are we putting posts on Instagram? And what are we sharing? If itтАЩs not real? Why are we doing it? Just these thoughts bother me a lot.тАЭ

Mittal further points how the trend of using filters is also leaving a wrong impression on the young minds, who then run behind the idea of perfection, which in reality doesnтАЩt exist.

тАЬIтАЩm 42 and very secure in life. But you think about teenagers whoтАЩre consuming the maximum content online… they look at these girls and boys and fail to understand that fact that the beauty lies in the imperfections and one needs to learn to embrace it,тАЭ asserts Mittal, a mother of two.

Citing her own example, she adds, тАЬI do not have the best eyelashes, but I love them. I think my eyes look really small because of that, but I find them cute and pretty and expressive. I love that about my life. I believe if you donтАЩt feel good about yourself when you look in the mirror, then whatтАЩs the point in feeling good about using a filter. Then youтАЩre just hiding your own emotions from yourself and lying to yourself. ItтАЩs worse than lying to others. You have to love yourself the way you are and understand that everybody ages and that itтАЩs okay to be imperfect.тАЭ

While Mittal says there was no particular age or period when she learnt to love herself, she thanks the generation she belongs to. тАЬAt that time, we didnтАЩt have any social media. We never really thought about whoтАЩs better than us, other than whoever was in the immediate circle, which is very small or large canopy. But with social media, this whole concept has changed. You can compare yourself to anybody. So, I never had that insecurity growing up about whether IтАЩm perfect or not perfect. IтАЩve always looked at myself and thought IтАЩm looking nice,тАЭ she wraps up.

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